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Iran protests show bitter schism among exiled opposition factions

Huge protests in Iran have galvanised exiled foes of the authorities but despite their hatred of the ruling clerics, a bitter ...

X changes Iran emoji: What a comeback of pre-Islamic Revolution lion & sun flag means amid protests

Social media giant X has replaced the current Iranian flag symbol on its platform to the lion-and-sun flag used in the ...
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Before the Veil: How Iranian Women Once Lived with Freedom—and What the Revolution Took Away

Before 1979, Iranian women wore miniskirts, earned advanced degrees, ran businesses, and lived lives that looked remarkably like their Western peers. Then came the Islamic Revolution—and everything ...
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Protesters raise pre-1979 Iranian flag at Tehran's London embassy

Witnesses say the old tricoloured flag with a lion and sun used in Iran before the Iranian revolution stayed in place for ...