IRAN has hired a controversial French lawyer to file a lawsuit against Hollywood over a series of films, including Ben Affleck’s Oscar-winning Argo, that have allegedly portrayed the country in a distorted and
FILMGOERS troubled by factual inaccuracies in the hostage thriller Argo are advised to hold fire until The General Staff arrives to set the record straight.
IN the final year of the Iran-Iraq war, Ayatollah Khomeini faced a dilemma: whether to bend to domestic and international pressure and accept a ceasefire or continue with the increasingly futile “holy defence” that was bringing heavy casualties. Opting fo
LONDON: For Fatemeh, the pill she takes twice a day in her home in Iran means the difference between life and death. Earlier this summer when she contacted her friend Mohammad in the US to say she was running
TEHRAN: The people of Iran should not be held to account for wrongdoing by their regime — and yet, that is what is happening as western countries impose ever-tighter sanctions.Sanctions are pushing ordinary Iranians to the edge of poverty, destroying the
THE idea of an international book festival in Tehran might sound incongruous. Leaders of the Islamic republic are no great book enthusiasts. Numerous writers are banned and as one of the world’s
