Taekwondo Champion
Can you believe that the multi-awarded Taekwondo champion Kimia Alizadeh is only 20 years old? During the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the young woman bagged the bronze medal and became the first Iranian woman to take home a medal from the Olympic Games.
The Bahá’í Faith
The Bahá’í faith is considered the biggest religious minority group in Iran, though it still goes unrecognized by the government. The government actually branded the group a “dangerous cult” and effectively banned the 300,000 believers from practicing it.