Iran fully vaccinated almost 50 percent of the population by November 5th 2021, and permanently halted vaccine shot import. General population were to take the Sinopharm BIBP vaccine.[1] From December 2021 electronic vaccine certificate were mandatory for work,[2][3][4] mandatory service in Iranian Armed Forces, universities, and schools.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
Vaccination began late in Iran because Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader, banned the import and use of American and British vaccines. This decision stopped the import and use of Pfizer vaccines and during that period many Iranians died due to covid. Khamenei was heavily criticised for this. Research has stated that if vaccination was performed earlier, around 50–75 thousand fewer people would have died from COVID-19.[13][14]
Iran broke its record of weekly vaccinations by opening 24-hour vaccination centres. Importing vaccine accelerated by changing the administration, but there is no evidence to demonstrate how much this rapidity of imports goes back to the mass production of vaccines, worldwide.[15]
Iran is known for having one of the world's most comprehensive Internet censorship systems. The Iranian government and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have blocked access to many popular websites and online services, including YouTube, Twitter, Facebook Instagram and Telegram. Internet traffic in the country is heavily restricted and monitored. Internet Filtering Committee (Iran) headed by Prosecutor-General of Iran decides which websites must be censored and implements this vast censorship.
Nasser Pourpirar was a famous Iranian writer and historical revisionist. He was known for his controversial theories questioning the academically recognized historiography of Iran from Achaemenids to the beginning of the Safavid period.
Amin Zendegani is an Iranian actor. He is best known for his role as Solomon in the historical film The Kingdom of Solomon (2010). He has also starred in television series The Newlywed (2002), Mokhtarnameh (2010–2011), Everything Is There (2014–2015), and Touba (2024). Zendegani earned a Hafez Award nomination for his performance in Everything Is There. In 1996, he also won the Best Actor award as the second runner-up in Fajr Theatre Festival for his performance in Burning Red.
Presidential elections were held in Iran on 14 June 2013. Hassan Rouhani was elected in the first round with over 50% of the vote. Tehran Mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf finished second with 17% of the vote. Voter turnout was 73%.
Vahid Asghari, is an Iranian political prisoner, advocate for freedom of expression and a women’s rights activist. He was detained by a group of Islamic Republic Guards Corps (IRGC) commandos on May 8, 2008, on his way to the Imam Khomeini International Airport, because of his human rights activities and held in solitary confinement for two years without trial. He was sentenced to death twice by the chairman of the 15th Chamber of the Islamic Revolutionary Court, Judge Abolqassem Salavati, in 2011 and 2012, without participating in the court proceedings and without the freedom to choose his own lawyer. International human rights organizations are following Asghari’s case as he remains in custody.
The 2014–15 Iranian Futsal Super League are the 16th season of the Iran Pro League and the 11th under the name Futsal Super League. Dabiri Tabriz are the defending champions. The season will feature 12 teams from the 2013–14 Iranian Futsal Super League and two new teams promoted from the 2013–14 Iran Futsal's 1st Division: Moghavemat Alborz and Ferdosi Mashhad.
Presidential elections were held in Iran on 18 June 2021, the thirteenth since the establishment of the Islamic Republic in 1979. Ebrahim Raisi, the then Chief Justice of Iran, was declared the winner in a highly controversial election. The election began with the mass disqualification of popular candidates by the Guardian Council, and broke records of the lowest turnout in Iranian electoral history, as well as had the highest share of protest blank, invalid and lost votes despite a declaration by the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, considering protest voting religiously forbidden (haraam) as it would "weaken the regime." Reporters Without Borders reported 42 cases of journalists being summoned or threatened for writing about candidates, and the chief of the police threatened people who discouraged others to vote.
Mohammad Mokhber is an Iranian politician who became acting president of Iran after the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in the Varzaqan helicopter crash on 19 May 2024. Mokhber was also the 7th First Vice President of Iran from 2021 to 2024. He is also the current member of the Expediency Discernment Council.
Order of Knowledge is one of the badges of honor in Iran. Its establishment dates back to the Qajar dynasty era under the name of "Order of Science"; later in the Pahlavi dynasty the name was changed to "Order of Knowledge". Finally, it was reestablished in Islamic Republic era by "Council of Iran Ministers" on November 21, 1990.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Iran has resulted in 7,627,863 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 146,837 deaths.
The students education network, with acronym Shad That in addition to the abbreviation of the full name of the program, it refers to the word Shaad meaning happy, is a communication and educational software that was launched following the spread of the coronavirus due to the absence of students in schools in Iran. The software is owned by the Ministry of Education of Iran, and students, teachers and headmasters are the people who use this software.
COVIran Barekat is a COVID-19 vaccine developed in Iran by Shifa Pharmed Industrial Group, a subsidiary of the Barkat Pharmaceutical Group. It is an inactivated virus-based vaccine. Iranian authorities have authorized its emergency use. This makes it the first locally developed COVID-19 vaccine to be approved for emergency use in the Middle East.
Noura Hashemi Gharmezi is an Iranian film, theater and television actress.
Mostafa Faghihi is an Iranian reformist journalist. He has also been the former editor-in-chief and current owner of Entekhab daily newspaper and media consultant to Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. He has been summoned to Iranian courts several times on charges of insulting the Supreme Leader and President of Iran, criticizing Iranian military and security officials, and spreading lies by the prosecutor, the Ministry of Intelligence, and the Revolutionary Guards. Due to some of his revelations, Faqihi has been covered by the Iranian and international media.
Dotin is an Iranian company that operates in the fields of information technology, software production, financial services and security. The company was founded in 2005 and is owned by the Fanap Holding Company associated with Pasargad Financial Group.
Hadi Hejazifar is an Iranian actor, director and screenwriter. He gained attention and received critical acclaim for his performances in films Standing in the Dust (2016), Midday Adventures (2017), Atabai (2020), Majority (2021), and The Lion Skin (2022–2023). He has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh, two Hafez Awards, an Urban International Film Festival Award and two Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Awards.
Pursuant to Article 58 of the Law on Internal Regulations of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, the Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources and Environment Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly is formed to perform its assigned duties in the fields of agriculture, water resources, livestock and poultry, fisheries, the environment and meteorology in accordance with the provisions of the regulation.
Isfahan Fire and Safety Department of Isfahan Municipality سازمان آتش نشانی و خدمات ایمنی شهر اصفهان operate through 27 fire stations and one staff offices in Isfahan city based in Bozorgmehr bridge square. It has the only fire lab in Iran or West Asia.
Neshan is an Iranian maps and navigation mobile application. It is a product of Fanap holding backed Razhman Data Structures. It also supports voice commands. It also shows the most fastest possibly route in Iranian cities. It has more than 10 million users. During 2019-2020 pandemic it showed crowded locations.
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