Iran's Female Ninjas Are 'Athletes, Not Assassins'

February 27, 2012 from Press TV

Iranian female ninjas have rejected recent Western media report describing them as assassins, saying that they are training as regular athletes and martial artists, Press TV reports. Last month, Press TV aired a report on about Iranian women training in Ninjutsu grabbed media attention worldwide. Reuters News Agency put a different spin on the story in a separate report published on February 16. The report claimed that the athletes are undercover assassins in the service of the Islamic Republic.

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Irano Islamo Respublika – valstybė Artimuosiuose Rytuose, Azijos pietvakarinėje dalyje. Ribojasi su Armėnija, Azerbaidžanu, Turkmėnija bei Kaspijos jūra šiaurėje, Afganistanu ir Pakistanu rytuose, Iraku ir Turkija vakaruose, Persijos įlanka bei Omano įlanka pietuose. Explore this topic

Ninjutsu

Ninjutsu sometimes used interchangeably with the term ninpō is the martial art, strategy, and tactics of unconventional warfare and guerrilla warfare as well as the art of espionage purportedly practiced by the shinobi. While there are several styles of modern ninjutsu, the hi... Explore this topic

Women in Iran

Throughout the history of Persia, both men and women used make-up, wore jewellery and coloured their body parts. Moreover, their garments were both elaborate and colorful. Rather than being marked by gender, clothing styles were distinguished by class and status. Women in mode... Explore this topic

Martial arts

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Reuters

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US-Iran relations

Today, there are no formal diplomatic relations between Iran and the United States. Due to poor relations between the two countries, instead of exchanging ambassadors Iran maintains an interests section at the Pakistani embassy in Washington, D.C. , while the United States has... Explore this topic

Iran-Israel relations

Iranian–Israeli relations have shifted from close ties between Israel and Iran during the era of the Pahlavi dynasty to hostility since the Islamic Revolution led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Iran has severed all diplomatic and commercial ties with Israel, and its governmen... Explore this topic

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