Persepolis football team earned a 2-1 victory over Esteghlal thanks to a late header from Omid Alishah here on Sunday. Sajjad Shahbazzadeh put the Blues into a surprise lead after 44 minutes. Esteghlal created several chances afterward but its strikers didn’t take advantage of their chances. In the 74th minute, unmarked Persepolis captain Mohammad Nouri found the back of the ... Read More »
U.S. electric carmaker Tesla Motors is in talks with Germany’s BMW over a possible alliance in batteries and light-weight components, Tesla’s Chief Executive Elon Musk told German weekly Der Spiegel. In an interview published on Sunday, Musk described BMW’s production of carbon fibre reinforced car body parts as “interesting” and “relatively cost efficient.” Read More »
Texas Armoring Corporation (TAC) is a supplier of bulletproof vehicles based out of San Antonio, TX. In its latest video, the company’s CEO Trent Kimball brings product testing to a whole new level as he sits inside one of TAC’s bullet-proof Mercedes-Benz SUV’s while it’s being shot at by an AK-47. The boys at TAC even leave the unedited sequence ... Read More »
Behzad Omrani grew up in Tehran, in a house ringing to the sounds of his father’s record collection – mostly the twangs and twirls of American Country & Western. Years later he formed Bomrani, one of the Islamic Republic’s first country-blues bands, and one of a handful of groups that has started disrupting the local music scene with performances a ... Read More »
A Saudi groom is reported to have demanded a divorce on his wedding day after seeing his new wife’s face for the first time. Daily mail reports the the couple, from the Western Saudi town of Medinah, had agreed to marry each other despite having not met face to face – a popular custom in certain Middle Eastern countries. But when the ... Read More »
What better way to enjoy tea than with some fun and creative tea bag designs. With a rise in popularity by such companies as David’s Tea’s and Teavana you can imagine how many people are trying to reinvent the tea experience. If you are a ‘’tea person’’, you would probably prefer loose tea anyways. May be these creative tea bags would change ... Read More »
Masuleh is a city in and the capital of Sardar-e Jangal District, in Fuman County, Gilan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 554 individuals from 180 families. Historical names for the city include Māsalar and Khortāb. It was founded in the 10th century AD. Masuleh is approximately 60 km southwest of Rasht and 32 km west of Fuman. The ... Read More »
Real Madrid and Manchester United have sold an average of 1.5million official replica shirts globally each year over the past five years – making them the two most popular shirts in football. Daily Mail reports the commercial giants of Spanish and English football topped sales numbers from the 2009-10 season to the 2013-14 season inclusive, according to figures from authoritative ... Read More »
Thanks to the waybackmachine internet archive, we’re still able to see some of the Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 pioneers looked in their earliest incarnations.Take a look below and see how many you recognize from using them in the early stage. google.com – launched in 1996 youtube.com – launched in 2005 facebook.com – launched in 2004 yahoo.com – launched in ... Read More »
Muslims discovered the Americas more than three centuries before Christopher Columbus, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said. He made the claim during a conference of Latin American Muslim leaders in Istanbul, pointing to a diary entry in which Columbus mentioned a mosque on a hill in Cuba. BBC reports that Mr Erdogan also said “Muslim sailors arrived in America ... Read More »