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* ... that after Jamal Valizadeh was tortured in Iran, hid for six months, and escaped, he qualified to compete in the Olympics as a member of the Refugee Olympic Team?
* ... that after '''[[Jamal Valizadeh]]''' was tortured in Iran, hid for six months, and escaped, he qualified to compete in the Olympics as a member of the [[Refugee Olympic Team at the Olympics|Refugee Olympic Team]]?
* ... that the film Critical Zone was shot in secret by Ali Ahmadzadeh without permission from Iranian authorities?
* ... that the film '''''[[Critical Zone]]''''' was shot in secret by Ali Ahmadzadeh without permission from Iranian authorities?
* ... that Maryam Eslamdoust was the first Iranian-born woman to hold public office in Great Britain?
* ... that '''[[Maryam Eslamdoust]]''' was the first Iranian-born woman to hold public office in Great Britain?
* ... that '''[[Walter A. Groves]]''' received a job offer from [[Centre College]] by telegram around the same time that he was forced to leave his work as a [[missionary]] in Iran due to [[Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran|the country being invaded]]?
* ... that little has been known of the exact whereabouts of Iranian communist leader Ashraf Dehghani since she escaped prison in 1973?
* ... that little has been known of the exact whereabouts of Iranian communist leader '''[[Ashraf Dehghani]]''' since she escaped prison in 1973?
* ... that in September 2023, The New York Times publicly confirmed the detention of Johan Floderus in Iran a year and a half after his arrest?
* ... that in September 2023, ''[[The New York Times]]'' publicly confirmed the detention of '''[[Johan Floderus]]''' in Iran a year and a half after his arrest?
:Ahead of expected retaliation against [[Israel]] for the [[assassination of Ismail Haniyeh]], [[Iran]] issues a [[NOTAM]], advising aircraft to change their routes over the country due to potential dangers en route. [https://jpost.com/breaking-news/article-813352 (''The Jerusalem Post'')]
:[[President of the United States|United States President]] [[Joe Biden]] deploys multiple [[United States Armed Forces|U.S. military]] [[warship]]s, troops, and other military assets to the [[Middle East]] to support [[Israel]] against potential attacks from [[Iran]] and its [[Hezbollah|proxies]]. [https://www.ft.com/content/d6fd43b9-5e88-4de9-b000-16dcd2fbcf59 (''Financial Times'')] [https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/08/02/us-military-israel-iran-attack/ (''The Washington Post'')]
:[[Hamas]] political leader [[Ismail Haniyeh]] is assassinated in [[Tehran]], [[Iran]], after attending the inauguration ceremony of [[President of Iran|Iranian president]] [[Masoud Pezeshkian]]. Hamas and Iran blame [[Israel]] for the assassination; however, the [[Thirty-seventh government of Israel|Israeli government]] officially declines to comment. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/31/life-of-defiance-ismail-haniyeh-hamas-political-boss-killed (Al Jazeera)] [https://apnews.com/article/iran-hamas-israel-30968a7acb31cd8b259de9650014b779 (AP)]
:[[Masoud Pezeshkian]] is inaugurated as the ninth [[president of Iran]]. [https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240730-iran-s-president-pezeshkian-sworn-in-at-parliament (France 24)]
27 July 2024 –
Iran orders all government offices and commercial institutions to close tomorrow due to ongoing country-wide heatwaves. (ABC)(Bloomberg)
:[[Iran]] orders all government offices and commercial institutions to close tomorrow due to ongoing country-wide [[heat wave|heatwave]]s. [https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/heat-wave-forces-iran-shutter-government-offices-banks-112326729 (ABC)] [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-27/iran-to-shut-banks-offices-sunday-due-to-heat-state-tv-reports (Bloomberg)]
:[[Germany|German]] [[Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany)|Interior Minister]] [[Nancy Faeser]] closes the [[Islamic Centre Hamburg]] for allegedly propagating extremism and being a direct representative of [[Iran]]ian [[Supreme Leader of Iran|Supreme Leader]] [[Ali Khamenei]]. The Iranian [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iran)|Foreign Ministry]] summons the German ambassador following the closure. [https://www.dw.com/en/germany-shuts-down-islamic-center-hamburg/a-69747298 (DW)]
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