Tehran, Sept 19, 2026 (AFP) - Robotics event shines light on Iranian girls' tech ambitions

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2026-09-19

In a hall adorned with Quranic verses and usually reserved for prayers, Iranian teenage girls watched the robots they designed play football, at an event showcasing sanction-hit Iran's aspirations in emerging tech. Only months ago, the Grand Mosalla religious complex hosted the funeral of Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed in US-Israeli strikes at the start of the Middle East war. Iran's economy had already been weakened by decade......

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