Etiket: Iranian
79th Venice Film Festival | Special Jury Prize awarded to Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, in prison
(Venice) The Venice Film Festival sent a political signal against censorship and Iranian power by awarding a special jury prize to Jafar Panahi on Saturday, showing that it was not…
Iranian dissidents call on US courts to arrest President Ebrahim Raisi
Thirty-four years later, when he remembers the arrest and then the killing of his brother, Mahmoud, by the Iranian Islamic regime, Ahmad Hassani’s voice still begins to tremble. “I will…
Iranian navy briefly seizes two US boats
(Tehran) An Iranian navy flotilla briefly seized two unmanned US military vessels in the Red Sea, state television reported on Friday. Posted yesterday at 7:44 p.m. “The Iranian Navy’s destroyer…
Iranian wrestler receives Olympic gold 10 years after London Games
An Iranian wrestler, who originally won bronze at the 2012 Olympics in London, received the gold medal on Thursday after positive doping tests disqualified the top two, Iran’s official agency…
Iranian nuclear | The EU hopes for an agreement “in the days to come”
(Prague) The head of European diplomacy said on Wednesday that he hoped for an Iranian nuclear agreement “in the days to come”, against the backdrop of consultations between Joe Biden…
A new Iranian nuclear deal is on the table
Four days after the resumption of negotiations in Vienna aimed at reviving the 2015 Iranian nuclear agreement, the European Union has put forward a final text, but Tehran has not…
Iranian nuclear: a final text on the table but not yet Tehran’s approval
TEHRAN | Four days after the resumption of negotiations in Vienna aimed at reviving the 2015 Iranian nuclear agreement, the European Union has put a final text on the table,…
Nuclear | The Iranian delegation will leave for Vienna to resume talks
(Tehran) An Iranian delegation will leave for Vienna to continue talks aimed at reviving the nuclear agreement, more than four months after their suspension, the Foreign Ministry said. Posted at…
Iranian oil targeted by new US sanctions
(Washington) The United States announced new sanctions on Monday to prevent Iran from selling its oil, and this time targeting companies that transport it, in a context of failure for…
Arrested in Tehran, Iranian filmmaker and opponent Jafar Panahi must serve a six-year sentence
Iranian filmmaker and opponent Jafar Panahi, who was arrested last week in Tehran, must serve a six-year sentence according to a verdict issued in 2010, the Judicial Authority announced on…
“The Nights of Mashhad”, an Iranian political and militant thriller inspired by a true story
Third film by Swedish-Dano-Iranian Ali Abbasi, Nights of Mashhad deals with a serial-killer case in Iran, at the crossroads of religion and politics. If the film has a detective plot,…
Top Iranian dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi arrested in Tehran
Jafar Panahi, dissident filmmaker, was arrested on Monday July 11 in Iran “Jafar Panahi was arrested today (Monday) upon his arrival at the Tehran prosecutor’s office to follow up on…
Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi arrested in Tehran
Filmmaker and political opponent Jafar Panahi was arrested in Tehran on Monday, according to the Iranian news agency Mehr. The authorities had already arrested two other directors on Friday, Mohammad…
Iranian nuclear | The European Union and Iran announce a resumption of talks
(Tehran) The European Union (EU) and Iran announced on Saturday a resumption “in the coming days” of the talks on the nuclear file suspended for more than three months, on…
Iranian military releases images of underground drone base
(TEHRAN) Iranian state television on Saturday broadcast for the first time images of an underground drone base belonging to the air force, located in the Zagros mountains in western Iran.…
Leïla’s brothers | A film about an Iranian family on the verge of implosion at Cannes
(Cannes) He impressed with a punchy film about drugs in Iran: for the first time in competition at Cannes, Saeed Roustaee signs with Leila’s brothers an ambitious family fresco, against…
Iranian actors and directors denounce the crackdown
(Paris) A group of Iranian filmmakers and actors, including award-winning directors Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof, denounced in an open letter on Sunday the arrest of several of their colleagues…
[Opinion] The Iranian regime is a sword in the hands of Russian geopolitics
Analytical news site Oil Price previously said that under a 20-year deal between Iran and Russia, the country could control the sale of Iranian gas. In other words, according to…
Death of Iranian writer Réza Baraheni, exiled in Canada
Iranian writer and poet Réza Baraheni, a great name in Persian literature victim of censorship in his country, died at the age of 86 in Canada, where he had lived…
Iranian nuclear | “The ball is in Tehran’s court” to finalize an agreement
(Washington) The optimism of recent weeks seems to have dissipated: the United States is once again openly raising the possibility of a failure of negotiations to save the Iranian nuclear…