Mehdi Akhavān-Sāles, or Akhavān-Sāless, pen name Mim. Omid was a prominent Iranian poet. He is one of the pioneers of Free Verse in the Persian language.
Omid, also transliterated as Omeed, Umeed or Ümit, is a common Persian male given name, meaning hope.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in Iran face severe legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Sexual activity between members of the same sex is illegal and can be punishable by up to death, and people can legally change their assigned sex only through a sex reassignment surgery.
Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST) (Persian: دانشگاه علم و صنعت ایران, Danushgah-e 'lâm vâ Sân't-e Iran) is a research institution and university of engineering and science in Iran. The university is home to 15 faculties offering undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in a wide range of engineering-based subjects as well as maths, physics, and department of foreign languages. In 1995 IUST awarded Iran’s first PhDs in materials, metallurgical and traffic engineering. IUST is the only university in the Middle East which has a school of railway engineering and a school of progress engineering. It is also the only university in Iran which has a school of automotive engineering. There are also 12 research centres, nine centres of excellence and 19 specialised libraries as well as four satellite campuses in other parts of the country. IUST is located on Hengam Street in the Narmak neighborhood in northeast Tehran. IUST and its surrounding communities provide a cultural and recreational environment suited to the work of a major research institution.
Iranian rock refers to rock music produced by Iranian artists. Rock music has been popular in Iran since 1960s, with the emergence of singers such as Kourosh Yaghmaei, Farhad Mehrad, Fereydoon Foroughi and Habib Mohebian, but was largely forgotten after the Iranian Revolution. Like most rock styles, electric guitar and bass guitar and drums are the main instruments in this type of music. In some groups, keyboard and piano are very important.
PAS Hamedan Football Club is an Iranian football club based in Hamedan, Iran and compete in the Azadegan League. The club was formed after the dissolution of Pas Tehran in 2007.
The Safir was the first Iranian expendable launch vehicle able to place a satellite in orbit. The first successful orbital launch using the Safir launch system took place on 2 February 2009 when a Safir carrier rocket placed the Omid satellite into an orbit with a 245.2 km (152.4 mi) apogee. Making Iran the ninth nation capable of producing and launching a satellite.
Higenamine (norcoclaurine) is a chemical compound found in a variety of plants including Nandina domestica (fruit), Aconitum carmichaelii (root), Asarum heterotropioides, Galium divaricatum, Annona squamosa, and Nelumbo nucifera.
Methylhexanamine is an indirect sympathomimetic drug invented and developed by Eli Lilly and Company and marketed as an inhaled nasal decongestant from 1948 until it was voluntarily withdrawn from the market in the 1980s.
Sex segregation in Iran encompasses practices derived from the conservative dogma of Shiite Islam currently taking place in Iran. Most areas of the country are segregated by sex, except universities. In many cities, there are women parks. Sex segregation prohibits males from viewing females, and age of consent laws do not exist, as all sexual activity outside marriage is illegal.
Oxilofrine is a stimulant drug and is an amphetamine chemically related to ephedrine and to synephrine.
Omid Alishah is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Persian Gulf Pro League club Persepolis.
Omid Nazari is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Malaysia Super League club Terengganu. Born in Sweden, he has represented the Iran national team.
Omid Noorafkan is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as defensive midfielder or left-back for Iranian club Sepahan and the Iran national team.
The 2016 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships was the 27th edition of the global team racewalking competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations. It was held in Rome, Italy from 7 to 8 May 2016. It was the first edition of the tournament under its new name, having previously been known as the IAAF World Race Walking Cup since 1989.
Cassie Fien is an Australian marathon runner.
Ali Abolhassani, also known as Monzer, was an Iranian spiritual contemporary historiograph. Five-volume set book of "constitutional and Sheikh Fazlullah Nuri" including his books. Two books of "stability until the gallows" and "an analysis of the triple role of martyr Sheikh Nuri in tobacco boycott movement" is also of the other his works about Sheikh Fazlullah Nuri. His books use as reference in books written by scholars on Islam and history of Iran.
Mehdi Ghayedi is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a forward or second striker for Persian Gulf League club Esteghlal and the Iran national team.
Peyman Yousefi is an Iranian football commentator, television presenter and producer. He has a master's degree in biology.
Soheil Beiraghi is an Iranian independent film director, screenwriter and producer. He has directed the award-winning films I (Me), Cold Sweat and Popular. He started out on his filmmaking career in 2005 as an assistant director in a number of cinematic productions. His ten-year experience of working as an assistant director and planner, paved the way for the making of his first feature film I (Me). Beiraghi has also a record on play writing and theater directing.
