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Googoosh and her boy when he was a baby

During the 1970s, Googoosh began a meteoric rise to fame and success as she drove the edge of Iranian pop music further and further. Known for her flamboyant outfits and fashion sense, Googoosh wowed her pop-culture-hungry fans in Iran and abroad with her trademark hairdos and hip-elegant style, inspiring many Iranian women to copy her hairdos.

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Marja who never went to Mecca

Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Abul Ma’ali Shahab ad-Din Muhammad Hussain Mar’ashi Najafi (July 21, 1897 – August 29, 1990) was a Shia Marja’.Najafi began his education under the auspices of his father.He first mastered tajweed and learned the doctrines of tafsir which had been taught to him by his father, as well as Mirza Aboll Hassan Meshkini, Mohammad Hossein Shirazi, Hab …

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“The Life Ahead” Marks the Return of the Legendary Sophia Loren

Sophia Loren on Thursday during an online press conference to promote her new film “The Life Ahead” – in which she plays a Holocaust survivor who forges a bond with a 12-year-old Senegalese immigrant boy – called the drama “a message of tolerance, forgiveness, and love.”

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When the military joined to the revolutionaries

When news of the Shah’s departure was announced, there were spontaneous scenes of joy throughout the country. Millions poured onto the streets, and virtually every remaining sign of the monarchy was torn down by the crowds. Bakhtiar dissolved SAVAK and freed all remaining political prisoners.

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financial perks of being the president of the United States

Congress raised the presidential salary from $US200,000 to $US400,000 in 2001 (plus an extra expense allowance of $US50,000 a year). For President Trump, that is a huge decrease from his usual income – he’s worth $US3.1 billion according to Forbes.The president also receives a travel budget of $US100,000 and a $US19,000 allowance for entertainment. While a presidential salary is taxable, …

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Kamala Harris in the picture frame

Kamala Devi Harris (born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who is the vice president-elect of the United States. A member of the Democratic Party, she is set to assume office on January 20, 2021, alongside President-elect Joe Biden, having defeated incumbent President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence in the 2020 presidential election.

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Hassan Taqizadeh in the picture frame

Sayyed Hasan Taqizādeh (1878 – 1970)was an influential Iranian politician and diplomat, of Azeri origin, during the Qajar dynasty under the reign of Mohammad Ali Shah, as well as the Pahlavi dynasty under the reign of Reza Shah and Mohammad Reza Shah. Taqizadeh was also a prominent scholar; his studies on Iranian calendars remain reference work up until now.

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Corona wedding in Egypt

An Egyptian family died in Damietta governorate after contracting COVID-19 at a relative’s wedding.The mother of the family returned home from her nephew’s wedding infected with the virus, and in turn infected her husband and two of her children before she died.

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Joe Biden in the picture frame

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American politician and the 46th president-elect of the United States. After defeating incumbent Donald Trump in the 2020 United States presidential election, he will be inaugurated as the 46th president in January 2021.

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Latest photos of Kourosh Yaghmaei

Kourosh Yaghmaei (born 3 December 1946) is an Iranian singer, songwriter, composer and record producer, who started his career in the early 1970s. Regarded as one of the greatest Persian psychedelic rock musicians in the history of Iranian rock music, he is known as “the Godfather of Iranian psychedelic rock”, as well as the “king of rock”.

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