The leading star of Oscar-nominated film who's facing 74 lashes and prison in Iran: Soheila Golestani is on trial for her part in The Seed of the Sacred Fig

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Soheila Golestani,the lead in Oscar-nominated film The Seed of the Sacred Fig, won't attend tonight's ceremony as she's banned from leaving Tehran due to the film's critique of the Iranian regime.

The big picture: Newsha Tavakolian spotlights the Iranian singers silenced by Islamic law

found 2025 › Mar › 02 (Sun) @ 09:30 UTC

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This powerful portrait – an imaginary album cover – depicts one of many female Iranian vocalists banned from performing after the 1979 revolution

The Iranian photographer Newsha Tavakolian began her c…

British Iranian engineer wins £8k damages after South African sales reps mocked him with Indian accent and claimed they couldn't be racist because of their 'multicultural' background

found 2025 › Feb › 25 (Tue) @ 12:56 UTC

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A British Iranian engineer has been awarded over £8k in damages after an employment tribunal ruled that he had been harassed when colleagues imitated an Indian accent in front of him at work.

Tehran charges Brit couple Craig and Lindsay Foreman with spying and accuses them of 'posing as tourists' - as video shows bikers crossing into 'beautiful Iran' on world tour

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Two British nationals detained in Iran have been charged with espionage, Iranian Judiciary News Agency says.

British motorcycling couple detained in Iran charged with espionage

found 2025 › Feb › 18 (Tue) @ 15:06 UTC

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Craig and Lindsay Foreman accused of entering country ‘under guise of tourists’

A British couple detained in Iran have been charged with espionage after travelling to the country as part of a round-…

Tehran charges detained British couple touring Iran with espionage

found 2025 › Feb › 18 (Tue) @ 15:06 UTC

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Craig and Lindsay Foreman were on a round-the-world motorbike tour when they were arrested by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.

Britons Craig and Lindsay Foreman detained in Iran charged with espionage

found 2025 › Feb › 18 (Tue) @ 12:54 UTC

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Couple accused of entering country ‘under guise of tourists’ had been monitored by security agencies

Craig and Lindsay Foreman, the British couple detained in Iran, have been charged with espionage, …

Captive Brit couple Craig and Lindsay Foreman are charged with spying in Iran days after they were arrested during motorbike trip

found 2025 › Feb › 18 (Tue) @ 12:54 UTC

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Two British nationals detained in Iran have been charged with espionage, Iranian Judiciary News Agency says.

Metropolitan Police 'has put lives of Iranian dissidents at risk' after staff member posts personal details of three men online

found 2025 › Feb › 15 (Sat) @ 09:30 UTC

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The file was allegedly photographed on a computer screen and shared on X last year. It contained the personal details of three men who attended a pro-Palestine protest on November 30.

Salman Rushdie tells stabbing trial: ‘It occurred to me quite clearly I was dying’

found 2025 › Feb › 11 (Tue) @ 16:41 UTC

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Author says ‘I was screaming because of the pain’ in trial of man accused of trying to kill him

Salman Rushdie took the stand in the trial of the man accused of attempting to kill him at a literary ga…