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Iranian actress Shohreh Aghdashloo on Sunday won the Emmy award for best supporting actress in a miniseries or a movie for “House of Saddam”, a four-part miniseries that chronicles the rise and fall of Saddam Hussein.
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http://televisionwashington.com/floater_article1.aspx?lang=en&t=3&id=14174Iranian actress Shohreh Aghdashloo on Sunday won the Emmy award for best supporting... more
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Despite Iran's current turmoil and ongoing human rights violations, Oscar-nominated actress, Shohreh Aghdashloo loves many things about her home country.Despite Iran's current turmoil and ongoing human rights violations,... more
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A young relative of Oscar-nominated Iranian-born actress Shohreh Aghdashloo was severely wounded in the midst of the Iranian protests.A young relative of Oscar-nominated Iranian-born actress Shohreh Aghdashloo was... more
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Shohreh Aghdashloo tells of the future her parents and her culture expected for her and her siblings.Shohreh Aghdashloo tells of the future her parents and her culture expected for her... more
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"The Stoning of Soraya M." tells the timely and true story of a young mother stoned to death in Iran. Director Cyrus Nowrasteh and actresses Mozhan Marno and Oscar-nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo host a special Current Takeover focused on the human rights violations that continue under a Islamic fundamentalist regime.
If you're inspired to learn more about the issues at hand or want to get involved you can visit "The Stoning of Soraya M." website: thestoning.com
Human Rights Watch: hrw.org
Amnesty International: amnesty.org or
Vital Voices: vitalvoices.org"The Stoning of Soraya M." tells the timely and true story of a young mother... more
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From NYT:
"If timing were everything, the director Cyrus Nowrasteh’s “The Stoning of Soraya M.” would have it all. The picture, which tells the story of a young woman stoned to death for supposed moral crimes in a remote Iranian village, is set to screen on Saturday at the Los Angeles Film Festival, and will be released by Roadside Attractions and MPower Pictures on June 26. The debut comes even as the world frets about things Iranian in the wake of a disputed election.
Last September, the timing wasn’t so hot for “Soraya.” At the time, the film played well at the Toronto International Film Festival, but was only a second runner-up for the people’s choice award at the festival, which went to “Slumdog Millionaire,” which was then just beginning its run toward a best-picture Oscar. (For the record, the people’s choice first runner-up was “More Than a Game,” a basketball documentary from Kristopher Belman.)
Mr. Nowrasteh, who was born in Colorado to Iranian parents and lived in Iran, was writer and producer of “The Path to 9/11,” an ABC docudrama that ran into a hornet’s nest of controversy with its portrayal of events leading to the 9/11 terror attacks."From NYT:
"If timing were everything, the director Cyrus Nowrasteh’s... more
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