The 66th Annual Venice Film Festival opened in Italy today. The festival runs September 2 to 12, and will feature Taiwanese American film director Ang Lee as this year’s President of the Jury. Ang Lee was behind such high-profile movies as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,...
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Set for Thursday, August 20, the Afghan presidential election is promising to be a serious test of democracy for Afghan people. But, amidst escalating violence and Taliban threats, will the election in Afghanistan...
opinion by Yuliya Talmazan | 14 wks ago | updated 14 wks ago 150 views | 16 recommendations | 4 comments
Interfaring any other countries domestic affairs to make unrest and to disturb public life is a shamefull act.
"Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) of Delhi Assembly on Friday condemned the US, Israel and other Western countries' interference in Iran's domestic...
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Iran released five out of nine local staffers of the UK embassy in Tehran on Monday, while the government began a small recount of votes. Opposition members are calling for a complete annulment of the election results. The nine local UK embassy workers were detained in their...
Key events in Iran which has been rocked by deadly protests since the June 12 presidential election: - Friday, June 12: Over 46 million eligible voters choose between four candidates, with incumbent...
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - protests in Tehran, Iran were met with physical force. An eyewitness equated the Iranian security forces physical altercation with civilians as beating 'animals.' The ongoing post-Iran...
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Recently a shocking video was flashed by internet and at so many places we all can see people joined youtube just to upload this video. Just after uploading this video media started to discuss about it. The...
opinion by lucknawab | 21 wks ago | updated 21 wks ago 2293 views | 5 recommendations | 5 comments
After Iran tightened its grip further by beating and arresting protestors and those attending demonstrations against the Iran election results, a new Bazaar protest is planned for Wednesday. The call came out over...
President Barack Obama held a news conference today, Jun. 23, at 12:30 PM, EST at the White House to discuss topics ranging from Iran to the energy legislation moving through Congress, clean energy economy, and...
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The video captured death of "Angel of Iran," "Angel of Freedom," Neda Soltan has become the new "shot heard 'round the world," pulling global support for the people of Iran.The phrase, pulled from the opening...
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Iran's Guardian Council, the senior most panel of election monitors, made note of election errors and voting irregularities in 50 cities, amounting to 3 million miscast or questionable votes in Iran's recent elections. The pronouncement came June 22, 2009, just two days...
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Pro-Mousavi supporters took to the streets of Tehran again on Thursday in support of a national day of mourning for those killed in post-election violence. Opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi called on his...
Recent events developing from the Iran elections have shown a stark disconnect between the mainstream media and online social media in events coverage and where people are now turning to for their news. "The...
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Despite an appeal from Iran's opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi to prevent his supporters from rallying on Tuesday, in fear of further violence, thousands of protesters took to the streets of Tehran again on...
One of Iran's former vice-presidents, Mohammad Ali Abtahi, was arrested by officials of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's regime on Tuesday. Only hours before, Iranian government officials cancelled all foreign media...