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* ... that after Jamal Valizadeh was tortured in Iran, hid for six months, and escaped, he qualified to compete in the Olympics as a member of the Refugee Olympic Team?
* ... that after '''[[Jamal Valizadeh]]''' was tortured in Iran, hid for six months, and escaped, he qualified to compete in the Olympics as a member of the [[Refugee Olympic Team at the Olympics|Refugee Olympic Team]]?
* ... that the film Critical Zone was shot in secret by Ali Ahmadzadeh without permission from Iranian authorities?
* ... that the film '''''[[Critical Zone]]''''' was shot in secret by Ali Ahmadzadeh without permission from Iranian authorities?
* ... that Maryam Eslamdoust was the first Iranian-born woman to hold public office in Great Britain?
* ... that '''[[Maryam Eslamdoust]]''' was the first Iranian-born woman to hold public office in Great Britain?
* ... that '''[[Walter A. Groves]]''' received a job offer from [[Centre College]] by telegram around the same time that he was forced to leave his work as a [[missionary]] in Iran due to [[Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran|the country being invaded]]?
* ... that little has been known of the exact whereabouts of Iranian communist leader Ashraf Dehghani since she escaped prison in 1973?
* ... that little has been known of the exact whereabouts of Iranian communist leader '''[[Ashraf Dehghani]]''' since she escaped prison in 1973?
* ... that in September 2023, The New York Times publicly confirmed the detention of Johan Floderus in Iran a year and a half after his arrest?
* ... that in September 2023, ''[[The New York Times]]'' publicly confirmed the detention of '''[[Johan Floderus]]''' in Iran a year and a half after his arrest?
Iran summons the acting head of Afghanistan's embassy after claiming a visiting Afghan official disrespected the country's national anthem by not standing, days after a similar incident in Pakistan. The Afghan delegate apologizes, but claims this was because music in public is banned by the Taliban and that they had banned the Afghan national anthem itself. (Al Arabiya)
:[[Iran]] summons the acting head of [[Afghanistan]]'s embassy after claiming a visiting Afghan official disrespected the country's national anthem by not standing, days after a similar incident in [[Pakistan]]. The Afghan delegate apologizes, but claims this was because music in public is banned by the [[Taliban]] and that they had banned the [[National anthem of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan|Afghan national anthem]] itself. [https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2024/09/20/iran-summons-afghan-envoy-for-disrespecting-anthem- (Al Arabiya)]
:The [[United States]] [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] and two other American agencies announce that [[Iran]]ian [[Cyberwarfare by Iran|hackers]] sent unsolicited emails to people associated with the [[Joe Biden]] [[Joe Biden 2024 presidential campaign|presidential campaign]] that included material that was stolen from [[Donald Trump]]'s [[Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign|campaign]]. [https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/fbi-says-iranian-hackers-sent-stolen-trump-campaign-info-biden-campaig-rcna171759 (NBC News)]
:Nine people are killed and over 2,750 others are injured, including [[civilian]]s, [[Hezbollah]] members, and the [[List of diplomatic missions of Iran|Iranian ambassador]] to [[Lebanon]], when their [[booby trap]]ped [[pager]]s [[explode]] in Lebanon and [[Syria]]. Hezbollah accuses [[Israel]] of perpetrating the attacks. [https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-hezbollah-israel-exploding-pagers-8893a09816410959b6fe94aec124461b (AP)] [https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/lebanese-authorities-raise-death-toll-in-pager-blasts-to-11-say-4000-injured/ (''The Times of Israel'')] [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/17/dozens-of-hezbollah-members-wounded-after-pagers-explode-in-lebanon (Al Jazeera)] [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/17/world/middleeast/israel-hezbollah-pagers-explosives.html (''The New York Times'')]
:Three [[border guard]]s are killed and a civilian is injured by [[Jaish ul-Adl]] gunmen in [[Mirjaveh]], [[Sistan and Baluchestan province]], [[Iran]]. [https://apnews.com/article/iran-baluchistan-jaish-aladl-attack-border-guards-ad25428b32f82f3c936201a6671fbfcf?utm_source=RecoReel&utm_medium=articlePage&utm_id=Taboola (AP)]
:[[United States Secretary of State|U.S. Secretary of State]] [[Antony Blinken]] says that [[Russia]] has received a shipment of [[Fath 360]] [[tactical ballistic missile]]s from [[Iran]], and expects their deployment "within weeks". Iran denies the claim, calling it "[[psychological warfare]]". In response, the [[United Kingdom]], [[France]], and [[Germany]] announce new sanctions on Iran for supplying Russia with ballistic missiles. [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c75n2wnkp1vo (BBC News)] [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/09/10/israel-hamas-war-latest-news-airstrikes-mawasi-gaza/ (''The Telegraph'')]
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