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Iranians

Two Iranian scientists who work at a Harvard laboratory

How Iranian scientists at one Harvard lab are reacting to Trump’s immigration restrictions

Justice

Scientists from Iran loom large in the history of American innovation, but some Iranian Americans are considering moving elsewhere.

Iranians wave the national flag during celebrations in Tehran on July 14, 2015, after Iran's nuclear negotiating team struck a deal with world powers in Vienna.

Iranians are celebrating a nuclear deal, some with homemade vodka

Conflict
Women gaze at jewelery displayed at an international fair in Tehran.

Crystal meth, skinny jeans and underground bloggers — it’s the Iran you never see

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