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Iranian Film ‘A Separation’ Wins Worldwide Acclaim
The Iranian film ‘A Separation’ has been racking up awards at film festivals around the world since its release last year, most recently garnering a Golden Globe. We ask how that success is viewed in the director’s home country, Iran.
Zahra’s Paradise: A Graphic Novel Explores Iran’s Political Problems
‘Zahra’s Paradise’ is the new graphic novel by an Iranian-American author. He tells host Marco Werman how he created a webstrip based on the images streaming out of the Iranian protests in 2009.
Mousavi’s Recommendation Makes “News of a Kidnapping” a Hit in Tehran
Mousavi likened his detention conditions to those described in the book.
Iran’s beleaguered opposition
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What began in Tunisia and spread to Egypt may now be energizing the beleaguered opposition in Iran. Thousands of anti-government protesters rallied yesterday in central Tehran. It was the first major show of strength from Iran’s opposition in more than a year but hardline members of Iran’s parliament are determined to avoid a repeat of what happened in Egypt. Karim Sadjadpour follows Iran at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He tells anchor Lisa Mullins the regime’s resolve to crush the opposition is a short-term strategy. Download MP3
Iran’s cyberwar
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has announced new initiatives to improve cyber-freedom in countries like Iran. Lisa Mullins speaks with Iranian cartoonist and editor Nikahang Kowsar of Khodnevis.org about what the best use of the money would be and how both Iranian online activists and Iranian authorities use social media to thwart each other. Download MP3PBS Tehran Bureau
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Iran’s failed revolution – one year on
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A year ago Iran was in political upheaval. Now Iranians are wondering what became of the Internet-fueled revolution that brought thousands to the streets of Tehran. Cyrus Farivar has some thoughts from Iranians, both at home and abroad. Download MP3 (flickr image: Hamed Saber)Iran’s underground music scene
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There’s a thriving underground music scene in Tehran. A new feature film takes us there. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the Director of “No One Knows About Persian Cats.” A musician from an Iranian rock band also joins in on the conversation. Download MP3Clinton: Iran is becoming ‘military dictatorship’
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Iran is “becoming a military dictatorship”, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said. She was speaking to students at a Qatar university during a tour of the region. She said Iran’s elite army corps, the Revolutionary Guard, had gained so much power they had effectively supplanted the government. Laura Lynch reports. Download MP3
Iran marks 1979 revolution
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Pro-government Iranians have been rallying to mark the 31st anniversary of the nation’s revolution. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad used the rally to attack the West, and said Iran had produced its first stock of 20% enriched uranium. The opposition is trying to stage counter-demonstrations but faces a big security crackdown. The BBC’s Persian TV channel has been covering events in Iran, The World’s Laura Lynch visited the channel. Download MP3 (AP Photo:Vahid Salemi)
Iranian lawmakers criticize treatment of opposition
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A committee of the Iranian parliament has made a rare official criticism of treatment of opposition detainees held in the wake of the disputed election. The report said three detainees died at the notorious Kahrizak detention, and it blamed former Tehran prosecutor, Saeed Mortazavi (pictured), a political ally of President Ahmadinejad. Matthew Bell reports. Download MP3
Iranian odyssey
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Journalist and filmmaker Maziar Bahari was detained in Iran last year while he was covering the post election demonstrations. He was held in Evin Prison for four months before being released. Bahari was in Boston over the weekend and anchor Jeb Sharp had a chance to talk with him. Download MP3
Clashes at funeral of Iranian dissident cleric
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Iranian reformists have reportedly clashed with police after the funeral of Grand Ayatollah Hoseyn Ali Montazeri in the holy city of Qom. Montazeri, who died aged 87 of natural causes on Saturday night, had decried President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s re-election in June as a fraud. Marco Werman talks with correspondent Borzou Daragahi, who is just back from a visit to Iran. Download MP3
More protests in Iran
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Iranian security forces have clashed violently with opposition supporters in central Tehran, witnesses say. Police used batons and tear gas, according to the witnesses. There were also unconfirmed reports of security forces using live rounds. State media confirmed there had been clashes, though a foreign media ban means details cannot be verified. Borzou Daragahi of the Los Angeles Times is monitoring events from Beirut, Lebanon. Download MP3(Photo: Associated Press)
Women’s rights in Iran
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Iran’s authorities recently confiscated Shirin Ebadi’s Nobel Peace prize medal. Activists say the move exemplifies Tehran’s hostility toward women. Mahnaz Afkhami was the Minister for Women’s Affairs in Iran before the 1979 revolution. She wrote the foreword to a new book called Iranian Women’s One Million Signatures Campaign for Equality. Anchor Marco Werman talks with Afkhami about the women’s movement in Iran. Download MP3
Ayatollah vs. Ahmadinejad
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Could conservative Iranian clerics help bring about the collapse of the Islamic Republic of Iran? It sounds unlikely. But some of the country’s top clerics believe President Ahmadinejad is bringing Islam into disrepute – and they want him out. In our latest ‘Best of the BBC’ selection we feature an e-mail interview with Grand Ayatollah Hoseyn Ali Montazeri (pictured), one of Iran’s most respected clerics and an outspoken critic of Ahmadinejad. Download MP3
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