The international film festival Cannes on Monday condemned the arrest of Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti after a social media post criticizing the government, calling for her “immediate release.”The Iranian actress #Taraneh Alidoosti was arrested Saturday 17 December as a result of her support for the movement for freedom in her country,” the Cannes Film Festival said on Twitter. The ...
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T After revealing proposals for the world’s first 3D-printed superyacht in February, Jozeph Forakis has teamed up with Lateral Naval Architects to collaborate on the project. Denison Yachting is now marketing the yacht for sale. The 88-metre concept, named Pegasus, is conceived as a zero-emission design that is “virtually invisible” in both its profile and environmental impact. The project ...
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On March 20, Lt. Col. Jasmin Moghbeli, an Iranian-American astronaut leading NASA’s summer 2023 mission to the International Space Station, was a featured speaker with President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden at the first annual White House Nowruz reception. In her remarks, Moghbeli expressed pride in her Persian heritage. “Isn’t it amazing that I could say with ...
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The Kiani Crown (Persian: تاج کیانی) was the traditional coronation crown in the Iranian Crown Jewels, worn by the Qajar shahs of Iran (1789–1925). The crown was designed under the first Qajar shah Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar (r. 1789–1797) as a way to connect himself to the ancient Sasanian shahs (224–651) and mythological Kiyani shahs
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It’s been almost two decades since Patrick Dempsey sauntered onto the small screen as neurosurgeon Derek “McDreamy” Shepherd on ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy (even longer since his breakthrough role as an endearing outcast in 1987’s Can’t Buy Me Love).
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