TED Talks
TED: Why you should disappoint your parents | Desiree Akhavan
When filmmaker Desiree Akhavan told her Iranian immigrant parents she was in love with a woman, she knew they would object. She explains why it's worth the risk to let people get to know the real you.
Crash Course
World Cinema - Part 2: Crash Course Film History
Africa, the Middle East, and South America have their own vibrant film communities and filmmakers. From social and political commentary to experimental films, these regions have made some very important pieces of cinema over the last...
TED Talks
TED: Did you hear the one about the Iranian-American? | Maz Jobrani
A founding member of the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour, standup comic Maz Jobrani riffs on the challenges and conflicts of being Iranian-American -- "like, part of me thinks I should have a nuclear program; the other part thinks I can't be...
Next Animation Studio
Iranians riot over water crisis, obsession with industrial growth
Increasingly severe droughts are revealing the folly of the Islamic regime’s obsession with industrial growth.
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New airstrikes avenge drone strikes against US forces
The Pentagon bombed drone bases in the border region between Iraq and Syria on Sunday 27 June.
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Iran converts massive oil tanker into forward floating base
Iran’s navy has formally commissioned its largest vessel, a former oil tanker converted into a logistics vessel with a helicopter pad.
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U.S. says Iran directed drone strike against U.S. force
Officials said they believe the attacks involved as many as five kamikaze drones laden with explosive charges.
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Houthi rebels in Yemen used advanced drones in Abu Dhabi attack
Yemen’s Houthi rebels say they are responsible for deadly drone attacks in the United Arab Emirates on Monday.
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Israeli spies tricked Iranians into blowing up nuclear facility
Mossad agents allegedly posed as Iranian dissidents and got Iranian scientists to help them sabotage Iran’s nuclear program.
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Israel indicts five Israelis in alleged Iran spy network
Israel’s Shin Bet security agency has arrested five Israelis of Iranian descent — four of them women — who allegedly worked for Iranian intelligence agent.
The March of Time
MOT 1951: EDUCATION IN IRAN
School house math class EXT WS School yard outside large school older & younger students together / INT Math classroom w/ male teacher at blackboard mixed age of males sitting at desks older student standing / Male teacher gesturing at...
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Iranian attack boats swarm U.S. vessels in Persian Gulf
A group of Iranian vessels from the country's Revolutionary Guard harassed two U.S. Coast Guard ships for three hours in the Persian Gulf earlier this month.
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Why Iranian Navy ships entering the Atlantic is a big deal
Ships of the Iranian Navy have rounded the southern tip of Africa for the first time ever, and they seem to be heading for Venezuela.
Curated Video
Oil prices jump on discussion of Israeli strike on Iranian facilities
There is growing anxiety about the impact of a widening war in the middle east on oil prices. Brent Crude jumped to more than $77 a barrel Thursday. (Scripps News)
Press Association
Michael Martin appeals to Iran to step back to prevent escalation of tension with Israel
Ireland’s deputy premier Michael Martin has appealed to Iran to “step back from an escalation”, after it pledged to retaliate against Israel over the attack on its consulate in Damascus.
Press Association
Vigil for Bernard Phelan who is detained in Iran
Bernard Phelan's sister Caroline Masse Phelan (interviewed) and their father Vincent Phelan with friends, family and supporters at a vigil outside the Iranian Embassy in Dublin. Bernard Phelan was detained in Iran last year and is in...
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Group of scarved women painting wall, Iran (sound available)
Group of scarved women painting wall, Iran (sound available)
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Sign for Adult Stem Cell lab in English and Arabic, Royan Institute, Esfahan, Iran(sound available)
Sign for Adult Stem Cell lab in English and Arabic, Royan Institute, Esfahan, Iran(sound available)
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'The Kite Runner' Los Angeles Premiere
INTERVIEW: Shohreh Aghdashloo on what the movie is about and what she feels it means in this day and age, on the plot of the movie, on what she loves to do for the holidays and how she loves to cook Iranian rice at the 'The Kite Runner'...
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Zanan Bedoone Mardan (Women Without Men) Interview: Venice Film Festival 09
INTERVIEW: Shirin Neshat (Director) on how this (Iranian) film will be seen on an underground level via DVD's and the internet and that there is tremendous support from the Iranian community both inside and outside of Iran. at the Zanan...
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Busy street with cars driving to camera, Iran (sound available)
Busy street with cars driving to camera, Iran (sound available)
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Scarved women working in lab, one looking through microscope, Royan Institute, Esfahan, Iran (sound available)
Scarved women working in lab, one looking through microscope, Royan Institute, Esfahan, Iran (sound available)
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CU fingers beating drum, Tehran, Iran (sound available)
CU fingers beating drum, Tehran, Iran (sound available)
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CU fingers beating drum, House of Strength, Esfahan, Iran (sound available)
CU fingers beating drum, House of Strength, Esfahan, Iran (sound available)