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Qatar says Iran fully responsible after tankers struck in strait of Hormuz
Qatar has warned Iran that it will bear full legal responsibility after three tankers, including a Qatari liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier, were struck within hours in the strait of Hormuz close to Oman. The incident matters because Qatar has been acting as a key mediator in talks between the US and Iran, and the…
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Trump Shouldn’t Delist Syria Without Conditions
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Lawyer says detained Gaza doctor was severely beaten in Israeli jail
The lawyer for Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, a prominent Palestinian doctor from Gaza detained by Israel without charge for more than 18 months, has told the BBC he fears for his client’s life after finding him severely beaten during a prison visit. Nasser Odeh said that when he saw Abu Safiya last Thursday at the…
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Bomb explodes at Damascus hotel hosting Macron during Syria state visit
Two improvised explosive devices detonated near the Four Seasons hotel in downtown Damascus on Tuesday, where French President Emmanuel Macron was staying during a state visit to Syria, according to Syrian state media. Macron was unharmed — a spokesman for the Élysée Palace said he was not in the hotel at the time and did…
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Bushra Shaikh among 400 foreign influencers at Khamenei funeral in Tehran
Bushra Shaikh, a British-Pakistani media personality who appeared on the BBC’s The Apprentice in 2017, has attended the funeral of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran. She was among a reported 400 non-Iranian influencers and social media activists invited by the Iranian regime to the multi-day event in Enghelab Square. The story matters…
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Shahrnush Parsipur, Iranian novelist behind Women Without Men, dies aged 80
Shahrnush Parsipur, the acclaimed Iranian novelist best known for Women Without Men, has died at the age of 80. A pioneer of women’s literature in Iran, she used subversive feminist fiction to challenge the country’s patriarchal culture, and was imprisoned four times under both the Shah and the Islamic Republic. Her death marks the loss…
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Fadia mini-series confronts honour killings and life in a divided society
Palestinian-Israeli filmmaker Shady Srour has drawn international attention with his mini-series Fadia, which confronts the subject of honour killings while examining wider issues of violence against women and life in a divided society. Featured in Deadline’s “Global Breakouts” strand, the show won a trio of awards to a rapturous reception at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival,…
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An eye for an eye documentary secures Oscar-qualifying US release through Jolt Film
The Iranian documentary “An Eye for an Eye” has been acquired by New York-based, AI-driven distributor Jolt Film for an Oscar-qualifying release in the United States. Co-directed by Iranian-born American filmmaker Tanaz Eshaghian and Iran-based Farzad Jafari, the film follows a Tehran woman named Tahereh who killed her drug-addicted, abusive husband in self-defence, and it…
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Ahmadinejad appears alive at Khamenei funeral months after reported death
Iran’s former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who was reported dead by local media at the outbreak of the country’s war with Israel and the United States, has appeared in public alive at the funeral of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Ahmadinejad, who led Iran from 2005 to 2013, had been believed killed by a missile strike…
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Manchester return marks BTS first UK appearance in seven years
The group’s ‘Arirang’ world tour weaves aspects of traditional Korean music, architecture and dance into the production The post BTS celebrate England’s World Cup win and bring Korean symbolism to London as they return to UK first time in seven years appeared first on NME.