The United States Men’s National Team (Usmt) prevailed 1-0 in a crucial FIFA World Cup match against Iran on Tuesday as tensions mounted both on and off the field leading up to the game.
The win means the U.S. team will advance to Round of 16 against the Netherlands this weekend. But the action on the field was indicative of much more than advancing in the World Cup in Doha, Qatar: The fight for basic human rights was also in play.
On the field, the U.S. team dominated...
The win means the U.S. team will advance to Round of 16 against the Netherlands this weekend. But the action on the field was indicative of much more than advancing in the World Cup in Doha, Qatar: The fight for basic human rights was also in play.
On the field, the U.S. team dominated...
- 11/29/2022
- by Althea Legaspi and Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
An Iranian state-run newspaper wrote an unprecedented front page editorial on Wednesday criticizing the Iranian government’s censorship of the media that prohibits the acknowledgement of former president Mohammad Khatami. Iranian authorities imposed the ban on mentions by name and images of the reformist ex-president, who supported opposition leaders, in February. But Ettelaat, a state-run paper that typically resists taking positions on tense political issues, condemned the restriction in a front-page editorial on Wednesday. Also Read: Washington Post Reporter Blasts Obama Administration Over His Iran Imprisonment Editor Seyed Mahmoud Doaei, a reformist cleric, wrote the editorial in the form of...
- 12/10/2015
- by Jordan Chariton
- The Wrap
Annual event suffers as increasing censorship forces celebrated directors to stop working or move to the west
With an Oscar win last year for Asghar Farhadi's The Separation, you'd be forgiven for thinking that these are golden years for Iranian cinema. But ramped up censorship has sent several of the country's most famous film-makers into early retirements or off to western Europe and north America.
A look at the listings for this week's annual Fajr (Dawn) film festival, which commemorates the 1979 revolution and is one of the most important in the Middle East, shows another anaemic year for Iran's film industry. The number of new indigenous productions has dropped, leaving older Iranian films and foreign movies to pick up the slack. Film festival movies, which in the 1980s and 1990s were the only way Iranians could view foreign cinema, this year include Finding Nemo, Kung Fu Panda 2 and...
With an Oscar win last year for Asghar Farhadi's The Separation, you'd be forgiven for thinking that these are golden years for Iranian cinema. But ramped up censorship has sent several of the country's most famous film-makers into early retirements or off to western Europe and north America.
A look at the listings for this week's annual Fajr (Dawn) film festival, which commemorates the 1979 revolution and is one of the most important in the Middle East, shows another anaemic year for Iran's film industry. The number of new indigenous productions has dropped, leaving older Iranian films and foreign movies to pick up the slack. Film festival movies, which in the 1980s and 1990s were the only way Iranians could view foreign cinema, this year include Finding Nemo, Kung Fu Panda 2 and...
- 2/7/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
To follow up on Danny Kasman's review of This Is Not a Film (as well as roundups from the Cannes and New York film festivals), I thought I'd note that Anthony Kaufman and Steve Erickson have reported in the last few days on Jafar Panahi's current status. In a word, limbo, and it's got to be immensely frustrating.
Steve Erickson succinctly sums up the events that have led him there: "In 2010, his request to travel to the Berlin Film Festival was denied. He was arrested in March of that year, purportedly because he was making a film inspired by the protests following Iran's 2009 election. In May, he was released on bail. In December, he was sentenced to six years in jail. Furthermore, he was banned from directing films, writing screenplays, giving interviews (even to Iranian media) and leaving the country for 20 years. While he appealed the sentence, he lost...
Steve Erickson succinctly sums up the events that have led him there: "In 2010, his request to travel to the Berlin Film Festival was denied. He was arrested in March of that year, purportedly because he was making a film inspired by the protests following Iran's 2009 election. In May, he was released on bail. In December, he was sentenced to six years in jail. Furthermore, he was banned from directing films, writing screenplays, giving interviews (even to Iranian media) and leaving the country for 20 years. While he appealed the sentence, he lost...
- 3/1/2012
- MUBI
Attempts at silencing creative artists have been in vain as Iran's directors are acclaimed both at home and abroad
He missed the Cannes film festival while in solitary confinement on hunger strike in Evin prison, Iran. Jafar Panahi, the internationally acclaimed Iranian film director, was released on bail today. He went on hunger strike on 16 May to protest at his treatment and the accusations against him. He was arrested in February for allegedly making a film about the contested presidential elections of last June, which brought Mahmoud Ahmadinejad back to power.
Panahi is known for his social realism films and has won awards at the Venice and Berlin film festivals. While on hunger strike in prison, he was due to be acting as a judge at the Cannes film festival last week. His chair was left empty throughout this year's competition in protest at his incarceration.
Panahi's mentor, the Iranian film director,...
He missed the Cannes film festival while in solitary confinement on hunger strike in Evin prison, Iran. Jafar Panahi, the internationally acclaimed Iranian film director, was released on bail today. He went on hunger strike on 16 May to protest at his treatment and the accusations against him. He was arrested in February for allegedly making a film about the contested presidential elections of last June, which brought Mahmoud Ahmadinejad back to power.
Panahi is known for his social realism films and has won awards at the Venice and Berlin film festivals. While on hunger strike in prison, he was due to be acting as a judge at the Cannes film festival last week. His chair was left empty throughout this year's competition in protest at his incarceration.
Panahi's mentor, the Iranian film director,...
- 5/25/2010
- by Massoumeh Torfeh
- The Guardian - Film News
• Panahi held with his wife, daughter and 15 guests on Monday
• Tehran's prosecutor claims Panahi's detention is 'not political'
Iranian security forces have detained Jafar Panahi, one of the country's most internationally celebrated film-makers, as part of a continuing crackdown on supporters of the opposition Green movement.
Panahi was held with his wife, daughter and 15 guests on Monday evening, according to Kalame, the website of Mir Hossein Mousavi, who claims he won last June's disputed presidential election.
In the first official comment on the high-profile arrest, Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dowlatabadi was quoted as saying that Panahi's detention was "not political" and was linked to another case that was already under investigation.
Dowlatabadi had recently signalled a more "compassionate" approach to opposition protesters after mass pro-government rallies on last month's anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution.
Still, Panahi's arrest is bound to be seen as part and parcel of repression that has...
• Tehran's prosecutor claims Panahi's detention is 'not political'
Iranian security forces have detained Jafar Panahi, one of the country's most internationally celebrated film-makers, as part of a continuing crackdown on supporters of the opposition Green movement.
Panahi was held with his wife, daughter and 15 guests on Monday evening, according to Kalame, the website of Mir Hossein Mousavi, who claims he won last June's disputed presidential election.
In the first official comment on the high-profile arrest, Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dowlatabadi was quoted as saying that Panahi's detention was "not political" and was linked to another case that was already under investigation.
Dowlatabadi had recently signalled a more "compassionate" approach to opposition protesters after mass pro-government rallies on last month's anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution.
Still, Panahi's arrest is bound to be seen as part and parcel of repression that has...
- 3/2/2010
- by Ian Black
- The Guardian - Film News
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