Muḥarram is the first month of the Islamic calendar. The general meaning of the adjective muharram means “banned, barred, forbidden, illegal, illicit, impermissible, prohibited, unlawful, unauthorised, unpermitted”.
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Finding a normal pair of skirt or trousers is never an easy task for 29-year-old Rentsenkhorloo Bud, who stands at 6 feet and 9 inches and officially has the world’s second-longest pair of legs.
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The 1976 capital UFO Incident was a radar and visual sighting of an unidentified flying object (UFO) over Tehran, the capital of homeland, during the early morning hours of 19 September 1976. During the incident, two persian Air Force F-4 Phantom II jet interceptors reported losing instrumentation and communications as they approached the object. These were restored upon withdrawal.
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From 1973 onward, Mohammad Reza had proclaimed his aim as that of the tamaddon-e-bozorg, the “Great Civilisation,” a turning point not only in Iran’s history, but also the history of the entire world, a claim that was taken seriously for a time in the West.
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An urban explorer has captured some extraordinary footage inside a decaying Scottish mansion which was once Coco Chanel’s love nest.The Rosehall Estate near Lairg, Scotland, was home to the legendary fashion designer in the 1920s – and famous guests to the 22-room house included her lover Hugh Grosvenor, the Second Duke of Westminster and her friend Winston Churchill.
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Fataneh Soleimani, also known as Fataneh , is a pop singer. She entered the field of singing in the 50’s and immigrated to Los Angeles after the revolution.He was one of the most active singers in the 1360s and 1370s.
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The British angered the Persians by intervening in their domestic affairs, including in the Persian Constitutional Revolution.Massive popular protests had forced Mozzafar al-Din Shah to allow for the Constitution of 1906, which limited his powers. It allowed for a democratically elected parliament Majlis to make the laws, and a prime minister to sign and carry them out.
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The 1979 revolution saw the ousting of King Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and the instalment of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini – a shift that would have long-lasting and far reaching implications.
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A video of a huge robot walking down a room surrounded by some people is being shared with the false claim that it shows the King of Bahrain with his robot bodyguard.
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Mount Binālud is the second highest peak in Razavi Khorasan province. It is known also as the Roof of Khorasan. Made of Triassic-Jurassic metamorphic rocks, this mountain is 26 km north-east of Nishapur and to the west of Mashhad. With an elevation of 3201 metres, Mount Binalud is the second highest point of the Binalud Mountains.
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