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Tag: Isfahan
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Isfahan in Crisis: When the Heart of Iran Runs Dry
Isfahan faces converging crises (vanishing water, land subsidence, air pollution, and a dying wetland), showing how unbalanced industrial growth can push Iran’s historic cities…
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Isfahan Fatal Crackdown: Water Protests and the Iranian Regime’s new Dilemma
After a violent crackdown of Isfahan farmers’ peaceful gathering to protest water shortage, the farmers wanted to convene for the Friday Prayer when the…
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Work-Related Fatalities Increases in Iran
Iranian Legal Medicine Organization (ILMO) announced that work-related fatalities have increased to 17.9 percent in the spring of 2019 compared to the same period…
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Green, Black and Red: The Story of a Failed Movement
The tenth Iranian presidential election in 2009 was different from previous elections. Four candidates were competing: incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, conservative Mohsen Rezaei, reformist…
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MPs Resign Protesting Management of Water Crisis in Iran
With water shortage problems deepening across the country, nineteen Iranian MPs that resigned from the parliament two weeks ago to protest the handling of…
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Isfahan candidate disqualified despite voter support
Nasim Online reported on Tuesday March 22 that Minoo Khaleghi, a leading candidate in Isfahan, was disqualified by the Guardian Council. Her name had…
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Isfahan still to allow mixed-gender tour groups despite earlier objections
An Isfahan Province tourism official says there is no barrier to organizing mixed-gender family tours in Maranjab and Nooshavad as long as “Islamic values”…
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Isfahan court bars mixed-gender tourist groups in Maranjab
The Isfahan Provincial Court has issued an order prohibiting mixed-gender tours and tourist groups from entering the tourist region of Maranjab and the underground…
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Foundation of noted palace discovered in Isfahan
Archaeologists report that the foundation of the 250-year-old Jahan Nama Castle, described in texts of the era as a recreation site, has been found.…