tagged w/ Iranian Students
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My green buddy has a shout-out to all those freedom-loving protesters in Iran.
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Iranian state television reported Tuesday that five people had been sentenced to death over the unrest that followed the country’s disputed presidential election in June. The report quoted a statement by the Justice Department saying that the five were members of terrorist and armed opposition groups. Iran began a trial in August for more than 100 prominent opposition figures and activists over the election protests. The opposition maintains that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was re-elected through fraud in the June 12 vote. At least three others caught up in the turmoil have also received death sentences.Iranian state television reported Tuesday that five people had been sentenced to death... more
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BEIRUT — An unassuming college math student has become an unlikely hero to many in Iran for daring to criticize the country's most powerful man to his face.BEIRUT — An unassuming college math student has become an unlikely hero to many... more
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Car Design News' 2008 design contest winner Iranian student Seyyed Javad Ghaffarian developed what he calls the 'Magic Tricycle'.
Ghaffarian, who is a Tehran University Masters student, has won the student category prize for his unique car design.
The car drives on all three wheels for normal highway use, but can rotate around a longitudinal axis running from the front to the rear right wheel with the left wheel elevated into the air so the vehicle can be used as a motorcycle in more congested areas.
Ghaffarian added that the seats of the car rotate to keep passengers in an upright position and the airborne wheel opens up blades which work like a helicopter tail propeller to aid stability while the transformation takes place. Car Design News' 2008 design contest winner Iranian student Seyyed Javad... more
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The Netherlands said they will ban Iranian Nationals from studying nuclear technology, although the ban doesn't include undergraduate studies up to the bachelor's degree level, as they are not considered specialised. Students are most notably banned from a nuclear reactor in Borssele in the southeast of Holland and a test reactor at the Delft University of Technology.
The Foreign Ministry stated; " It is forbidden... to grant Iranian nationals access to special training or teaching that could contribute to nuclear proliferation activities in Iran and the development of systems for transmitting nuclear arms, "
This coincides with the Dutch decree taking up international sanctions placed on Iran that were employed last year.The Netherlands said they will ban Iranian Nationals from studying nuclear technology,... more
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