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Seattle Times
March 16, 2018
Reformists believe that pressure has been placed on Najafi following his claims of fraud in Tehran's municipal government during Qalibaf's time as mayor. Parliament member Parvaneh Mafi was quoted by the Hamshahri daily as saying Najafi's “efforts to combat corruption … may have led to pressures onÃâà...
The Republic
March 1, 2018
Iran and Egypt had no diplomatic ties for decades, and only restored them after Iranian officials agreed in 2004 to change the name of a Tehran street that ... The decision to create Boris Nemtsov Plaza also represents a rare moment of harmony between the U.S. Congress and Washington city government,Ãâà...
WPXI Pittsburgh
February 22, 2018
Iran and Egypt had no diplomatic ties for decades, and only restored them after Iranian officials agreed in 2004 to change the name of a Tehran street that ... The decision to create Boris Nemtsov Plaza also represents a rare moment of harmony between the U.S. Congress and Washington city government,Ãâà...
Іnsіdеr Cаr Nеws
February 15, 2018
He has previously covered sports, education and city government and reported from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Japan. ... Tehran's chief prosecutor on Tuesday accused a renowned Iranian-Canadian environmentalist who died in prison of being part of an espionage network set up by Mossad and theÃâà...
Bourse & Bazaar
January 23, 2018
The street is the address for so many of Korea's leading industrial and technology companies that the area is called Tehran Valley, a nod to Silicon Valley. The street name dates back to 1977, when, in a gesture of friendship, Seoul's city government proposed exchanging street names with Tehran, whichÃâà...
Tehran Times
January 18, 2018
MbS has met regularly with Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, mandated by the U.S. president to deliver the “ultimate deal”. Based on what is dribbling out from stunned Palestinians, this would amount to supra-municipal government in disconnected cantons of the West Bank, with the town of Abu Dis onÃâà...
South China Morning Post
January 12, 2018
US President Donald Trump's tougher stance on Iran could push Tehran closer to Beijing, which will defend the Iran nuclear deal whether or not Trump decides to certify it, according to a diplomatic adviser involved in the deal and experts. Calls to uphold the deal struck in 2015 between Iran and six majorÃâà...
Merrillfotonews
January 4, 2018
In announcing his bid Nugent criticized the costly growth of city government and the taxpayers' inability to keep up with the costs. Nugent noted the city's population ... The World War II veteran is a former industrial arts teacher in Merrill, Burlington, IA and Tehran, Iran. The 9th district of the county board inÃâà...
South China Morning Post
January 2, 2018
Although initial reports about the unrest sweeping Iran focused on riots and violent clashes in the country's provinces, 450 people have reportedly been arrested in Tehran, the capital city, in the past three days. The ILNA news agency on Tuesday quoted Ali Asghar Nasserbakht, a security deputy governorÃâà...
Belarus News (BelTA)
December 28, 2017
MINSK, 28 December (BelTA) – The Belarusian mechanical engineering company Belkommunmash is considering the possibility of selling electric buses to Tehran. This possibility and other matters of cooperation were discussed as Minsk Mayor Andrei Shorets met with Ambassador of Iran Mostafa OveisiÃâà...
South China Morning Post
December 20, 2017
An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 struck a town near the Iranian capital Tehran on Wednesday night, state media reported, but there were no initial reports of casualties or significant damage. Authorities said they were gathering information about the quake, which hit in late evening, at a depth of sevenÃâà...
South China Morning Post
December 14, 2017
The Trump administration wants to use what it describes as evidence of Iran's deepening military involvement in Yemen's civil war to secure a new international consensus for harsher action against Tehran, part of a plan to isolate its chief adversary in the Middle East. US officials have seized on a series ofÃâà...
Financial Tribune
December 4, 2017
While the people and environmentalists continue to challenge policy makers and urban planners with regard to the permanently clogged roads in every major city, government officials and local automakers, ignoring the monumental health and environmental cost to the masses, never stop basking in “Iran'sÃâà...
Greensboro News & Record
November 1, 2017
Leadership experience: Secretary/Treasurer of National Organization of Women (NOW), Arizona Chapter 34; British Broadcasting Company (BBC) assigned Senior Journalist prior to the Iranian Revolution, Tehran; President of Glendale, Arizona, PTA; Executive Assistant to Nashua, NH, Fire Marshall'sÃâà...
Financial Tribune
October 23, 2017
E lectric carmaker Tesla Inc. reaffirmed on Sunday it is talking with the Shanghai Municipal Government to set up a factory in the region and expects to agree on a plan by the end of the year, but declined to comment on a report that a deal has been reached. China levies a 25% duty on sales of importedÃâà...
CBC.ca
October 17, 2017
Lutz raised the issue in 2016 with a committee that was reviewing Nova Scotia's Municipal Government Act, but it was not included in the most recent round of amendments. Lutz said she thinks it's time for a new policy here. "I think it would show that we are open and willing to have young people beÃâà...
CityLab
October 16, 2017
Rana Javadi's images of the revolution, for instance, show the commotion and dynamism of central Tehran during that period. In one photograph, a group of young women gather, arms raised in protest, on what is now known as Enghelab, or “Revolution,” Street. Pre-1979, it was named after Reza Shah, theÃâà...
NK News
August 8, 2017
Also present was Iran's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Asia and Oceania Affairs Ebrahim Rahimpour, as well as representatives from the Tehran municipal government, friendship organizations, and an unnamed company involved in the construction of the new building. While the visit largely centeredÃâà...
The Japan Times
May 23, 2017
Liberal candidates won all 21 seats in the Tehran municipal government for the first time since 1999, when elections for that body commenced and are reportedly leading in other major cities. Their victories are a repudiation of hard-line rule by conservatives. They will gravitate to Rouhani, a moderate clericÃâà...
Voice of America
March 16, 2017
The Aradkouh Stray Dogs Shelter has been hired by the Tehran city government to take a new, more humane approach to deal with the burgeoning problem of stray dogs in the capital. It's a sign of changing attitudes among officials in a country where Islamic authorities have long seen dogs as "un-Islamic"Ãâà...
Foreign Policy (blog)
July 1, 2016
This week, the Tehran municipal government was at it again, installing billboards intended to shame the United States. “For every 110 U.S. citizens, there is one in jail,” says one of the signs, which spans the entirety of a highway overpass. “In America, two out of every five newborns are born out of wedlock,”Ãâà...
The Guardian (blog)
April 17, 2014
It is rumored that the owner has exquisite connections to the municipal government; in any case, shoppers in various stages of inebriation complete their ... On weekend nights, certain streets in north Tehran are overrun by young playboys who cruise around in expensive sports cars in search of one-nightÃâà...
The New Republic
October 28, 2013
News broke this week that Tehran's municipal government had ordered the removal of some anti-U.S. billboards in the Iranian capital. The posters, which appear to criticize government nuclear negotiations with Washington, carry the slogan, “The U.S. Government Styles Honesty,” and feature an AmericanÃâà...
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