The Times points out that the only images ever leaked from the prison on the coast of Cuba were put out by WikiLeaks in 2011.Through a Freedom of Information Act request, we are now seeing some of the first photos of the first prisoners to arrive on site, just a few months after the attacks on September 11, 2001.
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An indian girl will marry herself
A 24-year-old woman has created a buzz in Gujarat’s Vadodara city with the announcement that she would be marrying herself by undergoing traditional rituals of a Hindu wedding on June 11.Experts, however, said that a ‘sologamy’ or self-marriage would not have any legal standing in India.Speaking about her intentions, Kshama Bindu said she wished to break stereotypes and inspire others …
Read More »Cyclists strip off as they take to the streets of London for the World Naked Bike Ride
Thousands of cyclists took part in a communal bike ride completely naked in London yesterday afternoon for an annual event raising awareness for safer cycling.The 18th World Naked Bike Ride has been going every year, bar 2020, since 2004, and is an annual event to campaign for bike safety and car culture in big cities like London.
Read More »Photos of a celebration at Shams Brewery
The earliest known chemical evidence of beer in the world dates to c. 3500–3100 BC from the site of Godin Tepe in the Zagros Mountains of western homeland, and there is evidence of beer-drinking over a long period in the Median Empire. Since the Revolution of 1979, production, possession or distribution of any alcoholic beverages is illegal and punishable under …
Read More »Farewell to the body of Mahmoud Doaei
There were some dignitaries and former and current officials among those participating in the funeral at Ettelaat Institute including Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Keyhan Newspaper chief Hossein Shariatmadari, former vice president Es’hagh Jahangiri, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh, former foreign minister Mohamamd Javad Zarif, capital’s Representative at Majles Mostafa Kavakebian, and film director Majid Majidi.
Read More »Ramin Rastad’s 50th birthday party
Ramin Rastad is an actor and assistant director, known for Story Undone (2004), The Last Stroke (2019) and Crimson Gold (2003).
Read More »Prince Charles is given a lick on the face by an enthusiastic dog
At one point, Charles stroked an adorable golden spaniel, who licked the royal back.Meanwhile Camilla, 74, sported a white blazer and skirt for the event, wearing her hair in neat curls and opting for a natural make-up look.Getting into the spirit of the day, the future Queen was pictured taking a sip at the Cornwall Cider Championships stand.The couple toured …
Read More »Khalil Esfandiary who was ambassador in Germany
Khalil Esfandiary-Bakhtiary (April 3, 1901 in Izeh – January 19, 1983 in Munich), was a politician and diplomat. Bakhtiary was homeland’s Ambassador to West Germany from 1952 to 1961.He was the father of Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary, the second wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah .
Read More »Morteza Keyvan who was author
Morteza keyvan (1921- 1954) was a poet, art critic, newspaper editor and political activist of the Tudeh Party of Iran.After the coup d’état of 1953, Keyvan was arrested by the Pahlavi regime for hiding three fellow Tudeh Party members of the Tudeh Military Network in his house and later sentenced to death on accounts of “treason”.
Read More »Who is Neda Amin?
Neda Amin, an persian-born journalist, former reporter for The Times of Israel’s Persian website, and a Times of Israel blogger, who was given safe haven in Israel in 2017, is facing deportation on the orders of Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked.Amin told Channel 12 news on Monday that she was “shocked” at the way she is being treated, and that she …
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