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Popular anti-war Labour MP Clare Short promoting the documentary
I just heard the great news that the undercover documentary Execution of a teenage girl produced by Arash Sahami (left in the picture) won the television documentary award at the Amnesty International Media Awards tonight. Arash Sahami and his team risked their lives by going undercover in […]

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This time it is not Hollywood who is threatening the Iranian interest in the film business.
It is the Islamic Republic embassy in Thailand:
The Bangkok International Film Festival has dropped the Cannes prize-winning animated movie “Persepolis,” which had been skedded as the new-look fest’s opening movie. Tuesday move followed a request from the Iranian Embassy in […]

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