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Iran students gear up solar car for US challenge

By Nasser Karimi
Published May 8, 2014 6:43am ET
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Iran students gear up solar car for US challenge
In this April 30, 2014 photo, Qazvin Azad University students assemble the Havin-2, or Brilliant Sun, for a test drive in Qazvin, Iran. A group of Iranian students and their teachers geared up for a summer road trip through the American heartland, fueled only by the sun and their hopes to shine in what will be a first for the Islamic Republic. The flat, rectangular Havin-2, drove for tests alongside slightly larger gas-powered motor vehicles outside the capital, Tehran, ahead of the eight-day, 1,700-mile (2,700-kilometer) race that will take it from Austin, Texas, to Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) | Vahid Salemi

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Clouds may still linger over relations between Washington and Tehran, but that’s not stopping a group of Iranian students and their teachers from gearing up for a summer road trip through the American heartland.

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