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In Toronto, family-owned restaurant Banu has served as a place of resistance and refuge for Iranians — including LGBTQ Iranians — fleeing the country’s theocratic government that has been ruled by strict Sharia law for nearly 45 years.
Half a million Iranian pilgrims are expected to travel to Karbala through the Kurdistan Region this year.
The robust presence of teenagers on the streets of Iran since the beginning of the popular uprising has prompted a reaction from senior government officials.
The prosecutor in the northwestern Iranian city of Marand announced on August 9 that five men had been hanged following their convictions by a Revolutionary Court for rape.
Iran has obtained the technology to build a supersonic cruise missile, which is still under test, the semiofficial Tasnim news agency reported on August 9.