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 ...
Six Israeli hostages are now back in Israel after being handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza. Avera Mengistu and Tal Shoham were freed by Hamas on Saturday morning, in a highly-choreographed event in Rafah. Hours later, in Nuseirat, Eliya Cohen, Omer Shem Tov and Omer Wenkert were handed over ...
Sharone with her father Oded Lifschitz, whose body was returned from Gaza on Thursday/ From her house in east London, British-Israeli Sharone Lifschitz never gave up hope that her 84-year-old father Oded would return from the horror of Hamas captivity, after more than 500 days. He was a man of ...
Shiri Bibas was kidnapped with her two children during the Hamas attacks on Israel on 7 October 2023/ One of four bodies returned from Gaza to Israel on Thursday is not hostage Shiri Bibas, as claimed by Hamas, the Israeli military said. The news that Shiri Bibas, 33, and her two sons, Ariel and ...
Three buses have exploded in Bat Yam, south of Tel Aviv, in what Israeli police say is a suspected terror attack. Devices in two other buses failed to explode, they said, adding that "large police forces are at the scenes, searching for suspects". all buses, trains and light rail trains in the ...
Israelis gathered at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv mourned the return of the bodies/ On a bleak late winter's day, under leaden skies and occasional driving rain, this was the moment all Israelis had been dreading. It began, as all the handovers so far have begun, with a politically charged ...
The four dead hostages have been taken to Israel where they will undergo forensic examination/ Israel has received the bodies of four hostages taken alive by Hamas in its attack on 7 October 2023. It is the first time the group has returned captives dead since the ceasefire began last month. ...
About half of Yemen's population needs humanitarian assistance, including nearly 10 million children/ When Hanaa arrived at work a few months ago, she found "drawers and doors smashed, and the boss surrounded by security personnel". Computers, phones, cameras and documents were all confiscated, ...
The Bibas children Kfir and Ariel were the youngest hostages taken to Gaza by Hamas/ Hamas says it will hand over the bodies of four hostages on Thursday, including the two youngest people held by the Palestinian armed group. The group's negotiator Khalil al-Hayya said the bodies to be released ...
Villagers have been returning to areas vacated by Israeli forces in southern Lebanon/ Israeli forces have pulled out from towns and villages in southern Lebanon but remain in five locations along the border in what the Lebanese government describes as a violation of a ceasefire deal. Tuesday ...
Before being detained, the Foremans shared videos of their travels in Iran/ Detained Britons Craig and Lindsay Foreman have been charged in Iran with espionage, the country's judiciary news agency has said. Mr and Mrs Foreman were arrested in January but news of their detention, on unspecified ...