September 20, 2011By Courtney BrooksA career politician from the Maldives who was a key architect of the remote archipelago’s democratic reforms has taken on an extraordinarily daunting task: acting as the UN’s first special rapporteur on human rights to Iran since 2002.
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Iran Tourism Falls Short of Full Potential
Tourism in North Africa and the Middle East has fallen this year because of the ongoing political upheavals there. But industry watchers say the level of foreign tourist traffic to Iran has remained mostly stable. Iran’s tourism sector is on the rise, though analysts say it is far from meeting its full potential.