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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 564

Iranian culture

Visitors look at a painting by the French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec while visiting an exhibition titled Eye to Eye which showcases over 120 works by modern world artists as well as Iranian painters at Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, in Tehran, November 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
November 22, 2024, 6:09 pm
Young Iranians delighted as long-hidden vast Western art collection goes on display
Works by Monet, Warhol and others, worth billions, reemerge amid tensions with US, drawing crowds of headscarf-less women surprised such art can be seen without going abroad
By MEHDI FATTAHI and Jon Gambrell
Director Mohammad Rasoulof poses for a portrait photograph for the film 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' at the 77th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 23 2024. (Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)
May 24, 2024, 10:53 am
Iranian dissident director who fled country presents latest film at Cannes
Mohammad Rasoulof escaped Iran by foot in face of arrest; film ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ tells story of judge’s struggles amid political unrest in Tehran
By AFP
Mostafa Rajaei (R) shakes hands with Israeli weightlifter Maksim Svirsky at a World Masters championship in Wieliczka, Poland on August 26, 2023 (Screencapture/X: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 30, 2023, 5:04 pm
Iranian weightlifter given lifetime ban for shaking hands with Israeli competitor
Mostafa Rajaei banished from sport after gesture on podium with Israeli Maksim Svirsky at a championship in Poland Saturday, which ‘crossed the red lines of the Islamic Republic’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Iranian film director Jafar Panahi poses during an interview in Tehran, August 30, 2010. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
April 26, 2023, 7:04 pm
After 14-year travel ban and jail time, award-winning Iran film director goes abroad
Jafar Panahi, 62, was freed on bail in early February after nearly seven months in detention in Tehran for ‘propaganda against the system’
By AFP
Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti during a photo call for the film "Forushande (The Salesman) at the 69th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, May 21, 2016. (Joel Ryan/AP)
December 17, 2022, 9:14 pm
Star of Iranian Oscar-winning film arrested for backing anti-regime protests
Taraneh Alidoosti, known for her 2016 role in ‘The Salesman,’ detained for online posts supporting nationwide demonstrations
By AFP
Mark Eliyahu performs on stage during Harbiye Open Air Concert in Istanbul, on June 13, 2022 (Yasin AKGUL / AFP)
June 16, 2022, 9:08 am
Israeli musician woos Iranian fans with Persian melodies
Mark Eliyahu’s ethereal music, partly inspired by his Jewish roots in Dagestan, is gaining recognition
By Paul Raymond and Luana Sarmini-Buonaccorsi
Actress Taraneh Alidoosti during a photo call for the film "Forushande" (The Salesman) at the 69th Cannes Film Festival, May 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)
April 3, 2022, 4:22 pm
Iranian women in film slam ‘systemic’ sexual violence in industry
250 signatories call for a committee to enforce ‘serious legal consequences’ for alleged pattern of exploitation and abuse on film sets
By AFP
Iranian women cheer during a soccer match between their national team and Cambodia in the 2022 World Cup qualifier at the Azadi (Freedom) Stadium in Tehran, Iran, October 10, 2019. (AP Photo/ Vahid Salemi)
October 10, 2021, 11:01 pm
Iranian female soccer fans kept waiting as all spectators banned from match
Women were expected to be allowed into the stadium for a match against South Korea, but federation now says no fans at all will be allowed to watch
By AFP
Jacqueline Saper at age 16 in 1977, before the 1979 Iranian Revolution (left), and at age 23 in 1982. (right).
December 4, 2020, 4:47 am
Miniskirted no more: Jewish woman charts 8 years of oppression under Iran regime
In award-winning memoir ‘From Miniskirt to Hijab,’ Jacqueline Saper explains how watching her 6-year-old daughter don a hijab for 1st grade forced her to finally flee her homeland
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Legendary Iranian singer Mohammad Reza Shajarian delivers a speech at a ceremony commemorating the late musician Parviz Meshkatian in Tehran, Iran, November 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Fars News Agency, Ali Shaigan, File)
October 8, 2020, 10:01 pm
Persian music master Shajarian, who backed anti-government Iran protests, dies
Fans flood area of Tehran hospital where legendary singer succumbed at 80; former backer of Islamic regime surprised many by turning against it in 2009
By Nasser Karimi
File: Kimia Alizadeh of Iran celebrates after winning the bronze medal in a women's Taekwondo 57-kg competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
January 10, 2020, 8:55 am
Iran in ‘shock’ as its only female Olympic medalist appears to flee country
Reports proliferate that taekwondo fighter Kimia Alizadeh has emigrated to the Netherlands and intends to compete under different flag
By AFP and ToI Staff
Pedestrians walk past banners of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in Iraq in a US drone attack on Friday, in Tajrish square in northern Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020 (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
January 10, 2020, 8:14 am
On the streets of Tehran, relief for now at no wider conflict
As state media hails attack on US forces, there are also mixed feelings on how far nation should go to avenge killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani
By MEHDI FATTAHI and Aya Batrawy
Iranian judoka Saeid Mollaei at an undisclosed southern city of Germany, September 12, 2019 (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
September 16, 2019, 4:48 pm
Hiding out in Germany, judoka who defied Iran says he’s now ‘a free man’
Saeid Mollaei, who fled his country after officials ordered him to lose matches to avoid facing Israeli Sagi Muki, hopes to compete in 2020 Olympics as a refugee
By JAMES ELLINGWORTH
Supporters of Iranian women hold a banner at a match between Morocco and Iran at the 2018 in St. Petersburg, Russia, June 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
August 17, 2019, 10:03 pm
Iran arrests female photojournalist for attending soccer game dressed as a man
Forough Alaei detained with at least five other activists for sneaking into sports events, which is forbidden for Iranian women
By ToI Staff
A picture taken on December 3, 2018 shows a scene from the musical production Les Miserables, performed by Iranian artists at the Espinas Hotel in the capital Tehran. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
January 3, 2019, 9:19 am
Iran’s ‘Les Mis’ has no female solos, touching between sexes
Hailed as the most spectacular play the Islamic Republic has seen, producers carefully steer clear of religious taboos
By Kay Armin Serjoie
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