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The original scene featuring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in the 2015 movie “Fast and Furious 7” (left) and the censored version broadcast on IRIB TV5 on March 19.

Iranian TV censors cover up the Rock’s nipple

Organisers of the fashion show in Iran were charged after videos of the event surfaced on social media.

Iranian label accused of organising 'un-Islamic' fashion show

Voria Ghafouri has become a hero in Iranian football for speaking out about an economic crisis that has led to soaring food prices.

'Bravo Voria!' cheer Iranian football fans for defender who spoke out on economy

Tehran police confirmed that officers from a “Gasht-e Ershad” morality police unit tried to arrest two women in Tehran Feb. 15, 2019, but were thwarted when passers-by damaged their vehicle, breaking windows and tearing one door off, and set the women free

Iranians attack morality police van to save women from arrest

In Iran, women aren’t allowed to sing solos. (Photo: Negin Parsa, Instagram)

Iran bans pop group after female guitarist sings solo before mixed crowd

Shotis in Iran risk car accidents and even their lives in their work smuggling contraband products.

Iran's 'Fast and Furious' smugglers: Duelling with police at 200 kph (2/2)

"Shoti" smugglers in Iran with smoke machines and driving at 200 kph.

Iran's 'Fast and Furious' smugglers: how to pimp a Peugeot (1/2)

'Eat your flowers or get deported': Abuse of Iran's street vendor kids sparks outrage

Our Observer Alireza Shahrdari says many Iranians have been victims of scams suggesting lucrative returns for producing scorpion venom to be used in medical research.

Video: A scorpion-farming scam in Iran

Six amateur images that marked 2018 at the Observers.

The Observers' amateur images of the year

Did Juliette Binoche and Marion Cotillard really join the Yellow Vests? No.

CPR and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation: it works on lizards, too! At least when it's administered by a wildlife professional, like the forest rangers in the video below.

Video: Iranian forest rangers resuscitate lizard (and save thousands of animals)

Photos taken at a scorpion farm in Iran and published on Instagram.

The scam leaving Iranians with thousands of scorpions on their hands

Demonstration in Aden regarding a hunger strike by prisoners in the city’s jails. The mothers accuse security forces of having kidnapped their sons.

Disappearances and kidnappings: the other side of Yemen’s war

Counterfeit liquor with fake labels in Iran.

Why is bootleg liquor in Iran so dangerous?

In Iran, fans of women's sports are turning to dedicated social media channels to follow their favorite teams' news. Top photo: members of Iran's national women's volleyball team. Bottom photo: members of Iran's national futsal team.

Iranian TV doesn’t broadcast women’s sports, so fans create their own coverage

A billboard in Shiraz, Iran as part of Sacred Defense week, commemorating the Iran-Iraq war.

Billboard honouring Iranian army uses photo of… Israeli soldiers

Images of the lavish lifestyles of some children of Iranian officials – known sarcastically as “aghazadeh”, or “noble-born” - have infuriated Iranians who are going an economic crisis.

Instagram posts by kids of Iran’s political elite stir outrage

Framegrab of the video.

Why are Iranians so ready to believe there are bugging devices in their trees?

This photo of former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was widely shared on social media in Turkey in August 2018, with captions saying he is working as a shepherd.

No, Iran’s ex-president Ahmadinejad is not a shepherd

A giant sinkhole in Kabudarhang county, Iran.

A giant sinkhole opens up in drought-hit Iran

Eight-year-old Zakaria, who lives in Iran, saved a baby crocodile by rescuing it from a lake that was almost completely dried up.

The Iranian boy who saved a baby crocodile from drought

Two of the tweets from Iranians desperately seeking medicines they are struggling to procure.

Unable to find much-needed medicine, Iranians turn to Twitter

Some of the images circulating with false claims that they are related to the latest protests in Iraq.

Three false images of Iraqi protests circulate online

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