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Netanyahu’s Speech to Congress: Key Takeaways
news.movim.eu / TheNewYorkTimes · 3 days ago - 23:58
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Here are six takeaways from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to U.S. lawmakers.
Netanyahu’s Speech to Congress: Key Takeaways
news.movim.eu / TheNewYorkTimes · 3 days ago - 23:58
Echo review – starry meditation on shapeshifting meaning of home
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Thursday, 18 July - 14:56
Royal Court theatre, London
Various actors, including Adrian Lester and Fiona Shaw, step into playwright Nassim Soleimanpour’s shoes as he reckons with the possibility of never returning to Iran
A Persian rug gains value the more it is stepped on, playwright Nassim Soleimanpour explains, his face looming over us on a video call. The value of the ageing one on the Royal Court stage is about to rocket, as a new performer pads over it each night in this cosmic meditation on the shapeshifting meaning of borders and home.
Cheeky on screen and sincere in script, the Iranian playwright is known for his “cold read” performances which began when he was refused a passport. As he was unable to travel with his plays, other actors stepped into his shoes, reading a script they had never seen before. Tonight, Adrian Lester is our extension of Soleimanpour’s voice (later shows include Toby Jones, Meera Syal, Jodie Whittaker, Mawaan Rizwan and Kathryn Hunter), as the writer reckons with the possibility of never being able to return to his home country.
Continue reading...Iranian TV presenter stabbed in London flees to Israel for safety
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Tuesday, 16 July - 14:30
Exclusive: Pouria Zeraati ‘no longer felt safe in UK’ as Tehran regime steps up threats and attacks on critics in exile
An Iranian television presenter, who was attacked in London by men believed to be acting for the Tehran regime, has fled to Israel saying that he no longer felt safe in the UK.
Pouria Zeraati said the UK’s approach to the threat posed by Iran on British soil could not guarantee his safety.
Continue reading...UK and its allies face ‘deadly quartet’ of nations, says defence expert
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Monday, 15 July - 23:01
China, Russia, Iran and North Korea increasingly acting together against west, according to defence review chief
Britain and its allies are facing a “deadly quartet” of China, Russia, Iran and North Korea who are acting together against the west, according to the newly appointed head of Labour’s defence review.
George Robertson , a former Nato secretary general, said the UK had to be prepared to take on all four if necessary, reflecting western concerns that the grouping are increasingly sharing arms, components and military intelligence.
Continue reading...‘I feel betrayed by the west’: Iran’s freedom protesters react to their new president
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Thursday, 11 July - 11:05
Many who took to the streets in 2022 boycotted the poll that elected ‘reformist’ Masoud Pezeshkian, while others feel he is their only hope
When a wave of protests broke out across Iran in September 2022 after the death in custody of Mahsa Amini for allegedly wearing her headscarf incorrectly, Leyla* was a teenager. She had bravely joined in and waved her scarf above her head in protest in front of security forces in Tehran and was later shot in the leg with pellets.
Almost two years on, Iran has elected a new president, Masoud Pezeshkian. The former heart surgeon and health minister, who has been labelled a reformist by media and political analysts, is reported to have said the brutal nature of the hijab crackdown jeopardised human dignity. But many Iranians the Guardian spoke to remain sceptical that anything will change.
Continue reading...Labour unlikely to rush into proscribing Iran’s Revolutionary Guards
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Monday, 8 July - 18:13
Exclusive: Lammy said to be looking at creating new category of state-sponsored terrorism to allow restrictions to be imposed
Labour is unlikely to rush into proscribing Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, and will instead examine whether a new category of state-backed terrorism needs to be devised.
David Lammy, the foreign secretary, will also consult colleagues on the implications for Iranian foreign policy of the election at the weekend of a reformist-backed president, Masoud Pezeshkian.
Continue reading...The Guardian view on Iran’s moderate president: modest hopes must be acted upon | Editorial
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Sunday, 7 July - 17:30
Masoud Pezeshkian’s surprise victory suggests a recalibration by the regime, but he will have limited room for manoeuvre
Even when the regime unexpectedly approved the candidacy of a moderate, many Iranians opted out of the presidential election, suspecting that if voting really changed anything, the authorities would probably have made it illegal. That was reflected in the first round’s record low turnout: just 39.9%.
Yet Masoud Pezeshkian made it to the second round and has now swept to victory , beating his hardline opponent, Saeed Jalili, by 16.3m votes to 13.5m votes. Though some boycotted the runoff too, turnout shot up to 49.8% as the public realised that the former heart surgeon and health minister could make it to the top.
Continue reading...Iran reformist Masoud Pezeshkian extends lead in presidential election count
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Saturday, 6 July - 02:29
Celebration in streets of Tehran as hardliner Saeed Jalili falls further behind in second round, with mixed picture of turnout
The reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian’s lead against hardliner Saeed Jalili widened early on Saturday to over 2m votes as counting continued in Iran’s presidential runoff election.
Supporters of Pezeshkian, a heart surgeon and longtime lawmaker, entered the streets of Tehran and other cities before dawn to celebrate as his lead grew over Jalili, a former nuclear negotiator close to Iran’s supreme leader .
Continue reading...‘It’s irrelevant’: Iran’s record low election turnout shows little faith in process
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Wednesday, 3 July - 05:00
Allowing a reformist candidate to run has not arrested a long-term decline in participation
If Tehran is holding its breath, it is not because of political tensions, but the smog that envelopes the traffic-clogged capital in summertime.
Ahead of Friday’s presidential runoff between hardliner Saeed Jalili and the reformist Masoud Pezeskhian – an election that has the potential to put Iran back on course to engage with the west– members of the young middle class sitting in Tehran’s Cafe Elie compete to express their disdain for the political process.
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