Men play #chess on a winter evening in #Tehran, #Iran on Feb. 2, 2018.
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Men play #chess on a winter evening in #Tehran, #Iran on Feb. 2, 2018.
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Remnants of Lalezar : a tour of #Tehran by neighborhood
Inspired by his first trip to Europe in 1873, Naser al-Din Shah Qajar built Lalezar, the first modern boulevard in Tehran. Shops, cafes and smart restaurants dotted both sides of the street, making it the hipster destination of its time. A popular film and theatre culture helped keep the neighborhood thriving in the 1930s, 40s, and 50s.
Photos by Roozbeh and Shaya Shahrestani
▻http://www.theguardian.com/world/iran-blog/gallery/2015/feb/26/iran-lalezar-tehran-neighborhood-pictures
#Tehran Threatens to Open the Golan Front in Response to Israeli Strike
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/23295
"The response will be firm and decisive.” This, in short, was the Iranian reaction to the Israeli attack in the Syrian province of #Quneitra, which killed a senior commander in the #Iranian_Revolutionary_Guard (IRG), among others. The Iranian reaction indicates the possibility of opening the Golan front, where work is underway to build the necessary infrastructure. Preparations began after Syrian President #Bashar_al-Assad’s announcement that the response to Israeli attacks on #syria would come from the #Golan_Heights.
#Articles #Hussein_Sheikh_al-Islam #Iran #Israel #Mohammed_Ali_Allah-Dadi #Mideast_&_North_Africa
Resistance movements in the #Gaza Stip strengthening ties with #Tehran
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/22162
More than $250 million dollars were given annually to Hamas by Tehran. This allowed the movement to continue and resist international sanctions. However, this amount has become irrelevant after the latest war, which proved that Palestinians are only able to defend themselves through self-made weapons and supplies by the axis of Resistance to Gaza.
#Articles #Beirut #Damascus #Doha #Egypt #Fatah #Hezbollah #Iran #Islamic_Jihad #Muslim_Brotherhood #NATO #Palestine #Qatar #syria #turkey #west_bank
#Kaveh_Golestan - The #Citadel
Kaveh Golestan (1950-2003) was an important and prolific Iranian documentary photographer and a pioneer of #street_photography. His photographic practice has hugely informed the work of future generations of Iranian artists but has remained seriously over-looked in Europe. The Citadel presents 45 vintage photographs from the series entitled Prostitute taken between 1975-1977 of women working in the Citadel of #Shahr-e_No, the #red_light_district of #Tehran. The photographs will be exhibited for the first time as a vintage set since 1978. Alongside the photographs, the exhibition will include original diaries of Golestan, newspaper clippings and audio interviews that he collected from and relating to the area.
▻http://www.foam.org/kaveh-golestan
The role of #Oil and gas in the Syrian conflict
►http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/role-oil-and-gas-syrian-conflict
A picture taken on April 15, 2013 shows a Syrian man in the Al Raqqa countryside, who until three months ago was a farmer, pouring crude oil brought from Deir Ezzor province into a pit where it will be distilled as part of the refining process to produce fuel. Final products such as benzine and diesel are then sold to locals. (Photo: AFP-Alice Martins) A picture taken on April 15, 2013 shows a Syrian man in the Al Raqqa countryside, who until three months ago was a farmer, pouring crude oil brought from Deir Ezzor province into a pit where it will be distilled as part of the refining process to produce fuel. Final products such as benzine and diesel are then sold to locals. (Photo: AFP-Alice Martins)
With the Islamic (...)
#Economy #Adnan_Mustafa #Articles #Asalouyeh #Baghdad #Caucasus #Damascus #Europe #Iran #Iraq #Lebanon #syria #Tartous #Tehran #turkey
#al-Sabirin : a new resistance movement in Gaza
►http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/al-sabirin-new-resistance-movement-gaza
Palestinian protesters chant slogans to speed up the implementation of the national reconciliation and the announcement of the formation of a national unity government, during a rally in Gaza City on May 27, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Mohammed Abed) Palestinian protesters chant slogans to speed up the implementation of the national reconciliation and the announcement of the formation of a national unity government, during a rally in Gaza City on May 27, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Mohammed Abed)
The flag and logo of an organization that was launched a few days ago in the #gaza_strip suggest a #Hezbollah now exists in Gaza. The organization is called al-Sabirin (the patient) for the Victory of #Palestine and its logo bears a striking (...)
#Articles #Damascus #Fatah #Fawzi_Ayoub #Hamas #Iran #Israel #Lebanon #Mahmoud_Abbas #Palestine #PFLP #Tehran #Tel_Aviv #west_bank
Possible Iranian-Saudi rapprochement to impact region
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/possible-iranian-saudi-rapprochement-impact-region
Vice President of the European Commission Catherine Margaret Ashton (L) and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Mohammad Zarif attend the so called EU 5+1 Talks with #Iran at the UN headquarters in Vienna, on May 14, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Dieter Nagl) Vice President of the European Commission Catherine Margaret Ashton (L) and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Mohammad Zarif attend the so called EU 5+1 Talks with Iran at the UN headquarters in Vienna, on May 14, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Dieter Nagl)
Statements by Saudi Foreign Minister #Saud_al-Faisal on Tuesday point to a significant development in the relationship with Iran. Saudi’s so called “hawk” and Iran’s number one enemy in the kingdom is now welcoming a dialogue with the Islamic (...)
#Mideast_&_North_Africa #Articles #Baghdad #Barack_Obama #Bashar_al-Assad #Catherine_Ashton #Hassan_Rouhani #Homs #Lebanon #Mohammed_Javad_Zarif #Riyadh #Saudi_Arabia #syria #Tehran #US_Congress
#Hamas to #Iran : #Palestine brings us together
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/hamas-iran-palestine-brings-us-together
Hamas Prime Minister in the Gaza Strip Ismail Haniya (C) waves to the audience during a public rally marking 10 years since an Israeli air strike killed Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin on March 23, 2014 in Gaza City. (Photo-AFP Said Khatib) Hamas Prime Minister in the Gaza Strip Ismail Haniya (C) waves to the audience during a public rally marking 10 years since an Israeli air strike killed Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin on March 23, 2014 in Gaza City. (Photo-AFP Said Khatib)
Palestinian group Hamas is flirting with the notion of restoring its ties with #syria. Though the reconciliation process will take some time, Hamas seems determined to reenter the Iranian camp which would pave the way for (...)
#Abu_al-Walid #Articles #Bashar_al-Assad #Damascus #Ezzeddin_al-Qassam_Brigades #Hassan_Nasrallah #Hezbollah #Islamic_Jihad #Ismael_Haniyeh #Khaled_Meshaal #Lebanon #Ramadan_Abdullah_Shalah #Tehran
The Brotherhood and #Iran: An Islamic alliance against strife?
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/brotherhood-and-iran-islamic-alliance-against-strife
Former Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi (C) attends a meeting with Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Iran’s former president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, after the opening of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit in Cairo February 6, 2013.(Photo: Reuters/Egyptian Presidency/Handout) Former Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi (C) attends a meeting with Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Iran’s former president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, after the opening of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit in Cairo February 6, 2013.(Photo: Reuters/Egyptian Presidency/Handout)
When the first swallows of the Arab Spring began singing in Tunisia and #Egypt, Iran described the revolutions as an Islamic awakening. "The Arab (...)
#Opinion #Articles #Hamas #Muslim_Brotherhood #Saudi_Arabia #syria #Tehran
Iran doesn’t deny the Holocaust, Iranian foreign minister tweets -
By Haaretz and Barak Ravid
Haaretz | Sep. 6, 2013
▻http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-and-defense/1.545546
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif took to Twitter on Thursday to say that his country does not deny the Holocaust.
The message came on the heels of Jewish holiday greetings released both from his Twitter account and an account believed to be operated by Iranian President Hassan Rohani.
“As the sun is about to set here in #Tehran I wish all Jews, especially Iranian Jews, a blessed Rosh Hashanah,” wrote Rohani, attaching a photo of an Iranian Jew praying at a synagogue in Tehran.
A few hours later, the president was joined in his well-wishing by Zarif. “Happy Rosh Hashanah,” he tweeted.
The new foreign minister’s tweet drew a flurry of responses, including that of Christine Pelosi, an author, activist and the daughter of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who wrote: “The New Year would be even sweeter if you would end Iran’s Holocaust denial, sir.”
Zarif soon replied: “Iran never denied it. The man who was perceived to be denying it is now gone. Happy New Year.” He was presumably referring to former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has called the Holocaust a “fairy tale.”
Zarif’s account was confirmed by CNN reporter Christiane Amanpour in yet another tweet.
Rohani’s twitter account is semi-official; it was set up during his election campaign and was operated by his campaign staff, which consisted mainly of young people. Since he took office, the account remained open, but it’s not clear who is actually running it.
Raz Zimmt, a research fellow at the Alliance Center for Iranian Studies at Tel Aviv University, has said that the Iranian officials’ Rosh Hashanah greetings are extraordinary.
“Iran has always maintained it differentiates between Judaism and Zionism, and that its policy is anti-Zionist and not anti-Semitic. However, this is a definite expression of a change in terminology and atmosphere that defines the new Rohani era, after years of an Ahmadinejad-led discourse that was dominated by Holocaust denial," Zimmt said.