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On April 3, 2018, at approximately 12:46 p.m. PDT, a shooting occurred at the headquarters of the American video-sharing website YouTube in San Bruno, California.The shooter was identified as 38-year-old Nasim Najafi Aghdam, an Iranian-American woman, who entered through an exterior parking garage, approached an outdoor patio, and opened fire with a Smith & Wesson 9 mm semi-automatic pistol.
Activists and celebrities, including American singer Demi Lovato, posted on social media about the murder to raise awareness of homophobia in Iran. [14] Iranian LGBT activist Masih Alinejad, who lives in the United States, told Insider that "I went to look at his page and I found that he was so full of life. Immediately, I posted about his ...
Neda Agha-Soltan (Persian: ندا آقاسلطان – Nedā Āghā-Soltān; 23 January 1983 – 20 June 2009) was an Iranian student of philosophy, who was participating in the 2009 presidential election protests with her music teacher, and was walking back to her car when she was fatally shot in the upper chest.
The prominent Azerbaijani Yeni Müsavat newspaper suggested that it was the work of Iranian intelligence, and Azerbaijani Member of Parliament Fazil Mustafa threatened Iran with retaliation. [14] Other Azerbaijani news media, including modern.az and AzerNews , blamed 'Armenian terrorist groups' for the assault. [15]
Iran's new president Masoud Pezeshkian was sworn in on Tuesday, after winning an election earlier this month by promising to improve ties with the world and ease restrictions on social freedoms at ...
BAKU (Reuters) -Two passengers and one crew member on the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan told Reuters that they heard at least one loud bang as it approached its original ...
Turan said Imran Aliyev, head of the Meclis.info outlet, which reports mainly on Azerbaijan's parliament, was being held in connection with a case against the Abzas Media group. Police last ...
BBC correspondent Nafiseh Kohnavard commemorated Shakarami by posting a video on Twitter of Shakarami standing on a stage, singing and laughing. [37] The song sung by Shakarami in the clip is an old Iranian love song from the film Soltane Ghalbha (1968). [21] The BBC also shared videos of Shakarami speaking at the recent protests prior to her ...