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Culture Buzz Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani (you may know her from performance in The Leonardo DiCaprio-Russell Crowe movie “Body of Lies”) recently posed nude in French magazine Madame Le Figaro and in a video put out by the academy that gives out the César (the French equivalent of the Oscar). She has been told by her home country that she is no longer welcome back.
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Is that even possible? Iran certainly thinks so and they are threatening to execute Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, an Iranian-American accused of developing said games.
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Of all the things to be right about. We may be closer to war with Iran than most Americans realize.
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Salt water. Salt. Same basic concept.
Culture Buzz President Obama delivered a major foreign policy speech on the role of the United States in the Middle East, reasserting American support of the popular uprisings throughout the region and attempting to restart Israeli/Palestinian peace talks. Obama offered tangible aid to protesters participating in the Arab Spring, demanded Syria's president allow reform or step aside, and called for the formation of a Palestinian state.
Almost four years after the logo's launch, Tehran threatens to boycott the 2012 Games in London unless the design is changed. Probably best not to tell them about the Lisa Simpson thing until this is sorted out.
http://www.slate.com/id/2281938/
Hackers stymie Iran's nuclear ambitions.
http://www.nerve.com/news/politics/iran-bans-sale-of-vale...
Now they're just being dicks.
Culture Buzz 30 things that are illegal in Iran, the saddest place in the world.
The mighty Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has chosen to allow McDonald's to air its controversial gay-friendly ads in Iran. … He just wants some slight alterations.
Someone awesome hacked Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's website yesterday, redirecting visitors to the following .txt file.
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Twitter was down earlier today (that's nothing too out of the ordinary), but the reason behind it may be a little frightening. Call up the American Cyber Army Reserves!
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Major Iranian-backed Shiite groups announced a new alliance Monday but excluded the Iraqi prime minister in a rare display of disunity among the country's majority Islamic sect. The move puts pressure on Nouri al-Maliki to strike a deal with Sunni parties if he hopes to keep his job after Janua
After it was revealed that Nokia provided the Iranian government with surveillance assistance during the post-election crackdown, Iranians are rightfully upset. One created this ad for a “new Nokia product, produced with the cooperation of the Islamic Republic of Iran” that is “capable of identifying, torturing and killing Iranian youth.”
Politics Buzz Summer's not over until waterboarding gets turned into a seasonal toy! If we know our Georgie W., things are about to get a whole let wetter in Crawford.
Friends at The AWL took a lot of crappy things going on in the world right now and turned it into something rather inspirational. Amazing.
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Does anyone else think the internet's furor over Iran is largely the result of people who just don't like their own government, and idly dream of revolution while living vicariously through people who are experiencing unimaginable oppression and violence?
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