Rana Rahimpour
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| Gender | Female |
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| Age | 41 |
| Date of birth | January 9,1983 |
| Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
| Born | Tehran |
| Iran | |
| Education | Islamic Azad University South Tehran Branch Faculty of Engineering |
| Alzahra University | |
| Height | 173 (cm) |
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| ID | 763772 |
Rana Rahimpour Life story
Rana Rahimpour is an Iranian-British journalist who worked as the BBC Persian’s Lead Presenter and bilingual correspondent since 2008 until 2023.
Why reporting on Iran comes at a heavy price
... In the case of lead presenter Rana Rahimpour, when her conversation with family back in Iran was wire-tapped - with sections edited together to make it seem as though she supported the government, and published - it was seized upon by critics as more evidence that the BBC s impartiality equates to collaboration with the government...
Hadis Najafi: Iran police clash with mourners of female protester
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Elnaz Rekabi: Iranian climber flies home to crowds of supporters
... BBC Persian s Rana Rahimpour says that to many people the language used in this post looks like it has been written under duress...
Fears for Iranian female climber who competed without hijab abroad
... " BBC Persian s Rana Rahimpour says there is concern that Ms Rekabi will be taken directly to prison on her return to Iran...
Iran schoolgirls remove hijabs in protests against government
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Iran protests: Supreme leader blames unrest on US and Israel
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Iran protests: Raisi to 'deal decisively' with widespread unrest
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Iran police battle protesters in Tehran as unrest over woman's death spirals
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Iran schoolgirls remove hijabs in protests against government
By David GrittenBBC News
In an unprecedented move, schoolgirls have joined the protests that have swept Iran since the death of A Woman detained for breaking the hijab law.
Videos verified by The Bbc show teenage students in uniforms waving their headscarves in the air while shouting slogans against clerical authorities.
The chants echoed those heard at the wider protests over The Past Two Weeks .
In Karaj on Monday, hijab-less girls were filmed forcing A Man thought to be a local official out of their school.
The footage shows them shouting " shame on you" and throwing what appear to be empty water bottles at The Man until he retreats through a gate.
The Bbc is not responsible for the content of external sites., which is just to The West of the capital Tehran, students are heard shouting: " If we don't unite, they will kill us one by one. "
while waving their headscarves in the air and shouting " death to the dictator" - a reference to the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , who has The Final say on all state matters.
The Bbc is not responsible for the content of external sites.Further protests by schoolgirls were reported on Tuesday in and the north-western cities of and.
A Number of students were also photographed standing in their classrooms with their heads uncovered. Some were raising their middle Fingers - an obscene gesture - at portraits of Ayatollah Khamenei and The Founder of the Islamic Republic , Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini .
The Bbc is not responsible for the content of external sites.The protests by the schoolgirls began hours after Ayatollah Khamenei, who has final say on all state matters, broke his silence on the unrest and accused the United States and Israel, Iran's arch-enemies, of orchestrating " riots".
He also gave his full backing to the security forces, which have responded to the protests with a violent crackdown.
The unrest was triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman who fell into a coma after being detained by morality police on 13 September in Tehran for allegedly violating The Law requiring women to cover their hair with a hijab, or headscarf. She died in hospital Three Days later.
Her family has alleged that officers beat her head with a baton and banged her head against one of their vehicles. The Police have denied that she was mistreated and said she suffered " sudden heart failure".
The First protests took place in Kurdish-populated north-western Iran, where Ms Amini lived, And Then spread rapidly across the Country .
Source of news: bbc.com
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