Yasmin, Reza Pahlavi’s wife, visited Iranian refugees at a camp in Greece that are in dire straits. She was born in Pars Hospital in Tehran, Iran, on July 26, 1968. She attended the private Tehran Community School in Tehran until the rising tensions during the Iranian Revolution in the late 1970s forced her family to leave Iran permanently. Read More »
The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter chassis’s turbo-diesel engine gives the van 188 horsepower. There’s storage space throughout the interior, including trunk storage, a front overhead cabinet shelf, and a wardrobe. Winnebago is a longstanding motorhome maker that has been spearheading VanLife since before it became a trend on Instagram. Their products range from trailers to vans, and the Boldt 70KL falls under ... Read More »
The only horse long jump event took place in the 1900 Olympics in Paris. Most of the horses could reach at least 14 feet, and the winning jump was 20 feet. That’s still 9 feet and 4 inches less than the world record for a human long jump, however. Read More »
The timing of the announcement suggested an urgent scramble to fill a budget gap caused partly by severe American sanctions. Angry protests over the price increases soon followed. Read More »
In an interview in 2007, when asked about Kiosk’s reasons for not marrying, he said society could not determine for him what to do in life. Read More »
White light is a mixture of all colours, including those that the human eye can’t see. When we say something has colour, what we actually mean is that light of a particular range of wavelengths is reflected more strongly than the light of other wavelengths. Read More »
Sheikh Hamdan, who is fondly known as Fazza, turned 37 on November 14, and fans of the Crown Prince did not fall short when it came to innovative greeting cards. Read More »
Some women get through their period with hardly any symptoms, while others can struggle with menstrual cramps, pains, headaches and even nausea. Read More »
She was born on December 1, 1973 in Arak. Her father, Jalal Rahnama is a businessman and her mother, Parvin Ghaem Maghami is an actress. They moved to Tehran in early 1980. Read More »
Served in paper-thin slices by expert chefs, fugu combines luxury with a high-stakes gamble. The intestines, ovaries and liver of fugu (or blowfish) contain a poison called tetrodotoxin, which is 1,200 times deadlier than cyanide. Read More »