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The Picture Show
Elham Farahmand

'The Beautiful Dreams That Are Burnt': Portraits From Iran Under Sanctions

Apr 04, 2021
Here is a look inside the lives of Iranians from different walks of life — including a fitness trainer, butcher and carpet seller — and how they're coping with an economy battered by U.S. sanctions.
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National
Acting Customs and Border Protection director Mark Morgan speaks with reporters in the briefing room at the White House, on Nov. 14, 2019.

CBP Chief Admits Officers 'Overzealous'; Critics Say Iranians And Others Targeted

Feb 13, 2020
The head of CBP says the Seattle field office was "corrected" after it questioned hundreds of Iranian-American citizens at a border crossing. But advocates fear this wasn't an isolated mistake.
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Middle East
Iranian officials are defending the seizure of British-flagged tanker Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz near Iran's coast on Friday.

U.K. Fears Iran Is Taking A 'Dangerous Path' After Seizure Of Tanker

Jul 20, 2019
Iran took over the British-flagged vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday and says it and its crew will remain in an Iranian port during a probe of an accident that Iran says led to the seizure.
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Code Switch
Samin Nosrat, author of the cookbook <em>Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking.</em>

Samin Nosrat Is Making Space At The Table

May 30, 2019
Nosrat is that rare thing: a woman of color in the upper echelons of the hypercompetitive food world. She is acutely aware of her unicorn status — and taking steps to try to change that.
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Middle East
A man stands in mud in the city of Mamulan in Iran's Lorestan Province. Heavy rain and unprecedented flooding has killed at least 70 people in Iran since mid-March.

Flooding In Iran Kills At Least 70, Forces Evacuation Of Thousands

Apr 07, 2019
Record rainfalls over the past two weeks have killed people across 13 provinces. Forecasters expect heavy rain to continue over the next few days, forcing the evacuation of regions bordering Iraq.
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Code Switch
Yara Shahidi has to navigate complex racial issues both inside and outside the world of Black-<em>ish.</em>

'Black-ish' Star Yara Shahidi, An Unofficial Ambassador For Gen Z

May 02, 2017
Yara Shahidi is not all like the character she plays on ABC's Black-ish. But the actor and her character have hit a lot of the same milestones at the same time.
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Code Switch
Demonstrators march from the Department of Justice to the White House in December 2016 to protest the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System program and then-President-elect Donald Trump's plan to restrict travelers from Muslim countries

There's A Long, Ignominious Trail Of Bans, Registries And Forced Relocation

Feb 02, 2017
The travel ban imposed by the president a week ago on people from seven Muslim-majority countries is only the latest executive order through the years grounded in race, ethnicity or country of origin.
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The Two-Way
Ali Rezaian, brother of Washington Post Tehran Bureau Chief Jason Rezaian (shown in picture frame), talks about his brother's imprisonment in Iran while testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on June 2, 2015. Iranian media outlets are repo

Iran Releasing 5 American Detainees; America Releasing 7 Iranians

Jan 16, 2016
Four Iranian-American prisoners, including journalist Jason Rezaian, are being exchanged with seven Iranians imprisoned in the U.S. A fifth American is being released, separate from the prisoner swap.
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The Two-Way
President Obama on a hike to the Exit Glacier in Seward, Alaska, on Tuesday.

Obama Posts Comment On 'Humans Of New York' Photo Of Iranian Father And Son

Sep 04, 2015
A Facebook post on the popular photo blog caught the eye of the president, who called it "inspirational."
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