(New York) Amnesty International USA announced today that Kurdish Iranian filmmaker Behrouz Ghobadi a younger brother of internationally acclaimed film director Bahman Ghobadi (Rhino Season) has been freed from prison in Iran, following a campaign demanding his release that engaged prominent Hollywood directors, actors and independent filmmakers....
By Associated press
TEHRAN, Iran Irans official news agency says authorities have detained the daughter of influential ex-president and political centrist Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
The Sunday report by IRNA says Tehrans judiciary department took Faezeh Hashemi into custody late Saturday to serve a six-month sentence on charges of making propaganda ...