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Persepolis 2: Safeguard the Innocent2,500 years ago, Cyrus the Great penned down what is regarded as the first declaration for human rights, affirming the right to freedom of worship. But centuries later, what is the situation of Iran’s largest religious minority?
Note: images for this clip were lovingly borrowed from the feature film, “Persepolis.” Marjane Satrapi’s admirable production. She continues [...]
Truth or lie?
Just about one hour ago, Associated Press reported that
Iraqi Shiite assassination teams are being trained in at least four locations in Iran by Tehran’s elite Quds force and Lebanese Hezbollah and are planning to return to Iraq in the next few months to kill specific Iraqi officials as well as U.S. and Iraqi [...]
Baghdad-born filmmaker Joe Balass alerted us that Baghdad Twist, his documentary film on Iraqi Jews, will be screened in the following locations and times:
DocuWeek showcase in Los Angeles (Aug. 22-28, 2008) where it will be playing for 7 days and it will also be screening at the Toronto International Film Festival (Sept. 4-13, 2008) where [...]
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