Sussan Deyhim still worries that saber-rattling rhetoric could escalate into war between Iran and Israel or the United States. "There are enough crazy people out there ... that this actually could happen," said the Tehran-born singer-composer, whose film music credits include "The Kite Runner" ...
In a humble speech amid tense times, Asghar Farhadi accepted Iran's first Oscar for best foreign film as a chance to celebrate a culture "hidden under the heavy dust of politics." It was a stirring reminder, instantly hailed at the Los Angeles ceremony and around the globe, of the human side ...
Asghar Farhadi, director of Iranian film ''A Separation'' accepts the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards in Hollywood, February 26, 2012./ (Reuters) - "A Separation" won the Oscar for best foreign language film on Sunday, becoming the first Iranian movie to win the ...
TEHRAN (AFP) — "A Separation", the Iranian film that Sunday picked up the Oscar for best foreign language film, hides a deep social expose of the Islamic republic of today behind the veneer of a taut family drama. The multi-layered formula is not only rewarding for astute audiences -- it was a ...
Iranian "A Separation" won Academy Award for the best foreign language film. "At this time, many Iranians all over the world are watching us and I imagine them to be very happy," director of the film, Asghar Farhadi said while recieving the Oscar. "At a time of talk of war, intimidation and ...
An Iranian filmmaker has won the country's first Oscar, taking the prize for the best foreign-language film at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles, and Tehran has celebrated by touting it as a victory over its archenemy./ Iranian director Asghar Farhadi received the Academy Award for best ...
Director for Iran's Foreign Language entry "A Separation," Asghar Farhadi addresses the audience onstage at the 84th Annual Academy Awards on February 26, 2012 in Hollywood, California./ The director of Iran's Foreign Language entry "A Separation," Asghar Farhadi addresses the audience onstage ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the police of holding the two men as "hostages"/ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denounced an investigation into possible links between his aides and Qatar as a "witch hunt", after he gave testimony to police. An adviser and a ...
An Israeli air strike on Beirut's southern suburbs has killed four people, Lebanon's health ministry says, putting further pressure on a fragile ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah. The strike also injured seven people, the health ministry said. The attack was the ...
Mourners gathered at a funeral on Monday after the bodies of 15 people, including paramedics and a UN worker, were found in a mass grave, according to the UN/ The US has said it expects "all parties on the ground" in Gaza to comply with international humanitarian law but declined to confirm ...
Five Israeli men were acquitted of all charges on Monday at a Cyprus court over the alleged gang rape of a 20-year-old British woman. Famagusta criminal court cleared the five defendants of two counts of rape, one count of sexual abuse, one count of forced sexual intercourse, one count of sexual ...
Displaced Palestinians started fleeing Rafah on foot and in vehicles after the evacuation order was issued/ The Israeli military has issued a sweeping new evacuation order for the southern Gaza Strip - the biggest since its offensive in the Palestinian territory resumed earlier this month. The ...
Palestinian Red Crescent Society employees embrace as the bodies of their colleagues are brought to a medical facility in Khan Younis, southern Gaza/ The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has said it is "outraged" at the deaths of eight medics killed on duty ...
An image supplied by Dr Perlmutter shows medics operating on a wounded Palestinian in Gaza/ Warning: This article contains details that some readers may find distressing An American surgeon who's been working in two Gaza hospitals for the past three weeks has said that wounded Palestinian ...
Muslims around the world have begun celebrating Eid al-Fitr, one of the biggest celebrations in the Islamic calendar. Eid al-Fitr - which means "festival of the breaking of the fast" - is celebrated at the end of Ramadan, a month of fasting for many adults, as well as spiritual reflection and ...
The southern Gaza strip has been hit by Israeli strikes in recent days/ The Palestinian militant group Hamas says it supports resuming a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip through a proposal put forward by mediators which would see five more hostages released to Israel in exchange for a 50-day truce. ...
winning Palestinian film director leaves detention/ The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences apologised on Friday after hundreds of its members criticised it for not supporting Oscar-winner Hamdan Ballal, a Palestinian who was recently detained by Israeli settlers. The Academy apologised ...