#Hossein Amini

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Here is the other poll, which might be more controversial:

^^ here is the original poll.

Again, please forgive me if any of these writers are incorrect, and be respectful of me and other Star Wars fans!

[cinemgc]

Obi-Wan Kenobi (1ª Temp.)

Episodio 3: ''Part III''

• Dirección: Deborah Chow

• Guion: Joby Harold, Hannah Friedman, Hossein Amini, Stuart Beattie

• Cinematografía: Chung-hoon Chung

• Cast: Hayden Christensen, Ewan McGregor

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The Two Faces of January (2014) Hossein Amini

November 26th 2022

[cinesludge]

Movie #71 of 2023: Drive

Driver: "My hands are a little dirty."

Bernie Rose: "So are mine."

[odinsblog]

Today a helicopter carrying the Iranian President and Iran’s Foreign Minister has crashed, and apparently many Iranians are all broken up about it and are taking the news very hard 😂

I cannot help but think of Mahsa Jina Amini and all of the brave Iranians who have sacrificed and protested before and after her

Happy World Helicopter Day to all who celebrate 🎉

[starlightshadowsworld]

Reminder that this blog supports the freedom of the people of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

That we stand with the people.

That we stand by women having the choice to not wear the hijab.

Whatever their religion.

That we condone the actions of the Iranian government.

And the innocents they have imprisoned who are simply fighting for basic human rights.

Which they undoubtedly deserve.

May those who have fallen be recognised as martyrs in the eyes of the Lord and granted the highest place in Jannat tal firdos.

And may those who continue to fight find freedom.

Find peace.

And get everything that they deserve.

While their oppressors face a fate worse that death.

You are not alone.

You are not unheard.

We hear you.

We see you.

We are with you.

[bellamonde]

This is Hossein Ronaghi. He is a human rights activist, blogger and political prisoner. He was recently released from jail and allowed to seek medical help. I can’t tell you how happy this post makes me. Hossein Ronaghi is a hero to millions of Iranians; he is our voice and our conscience. This is a man of integrity, resilience, determination and love for his people and country. Thank you Hossein Ronaghi. 

[theyeetedsoul]

Arash Sadeghi is being slowly killed in prison. Please read below!

Arash Sadeghi is a 36-year-old Iranian vocal activist detained by the Islamic Republic.

He has been diagnosed with malignant bone cancer without access to medical care while in detention. They have denied him the care that he desperately needs to fight the cancer.

His life is in danger. Please be his voice!

Arash has dedicated his life to be the voice of people, specially prisoners that are unknown.

His dad has made a Twitter account just to be the voice of his son. He taught himself how to make clips and made one for his son. After posting it, he said “there was no one else to do it so I did”.

This family needs our help. Arash’s wife, Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee, is also in prison. Be their voices!

[isitandwonder]

After his release from prison he went to hospital on 16th December 22 to get the birdshot removed from his body

He just turned 15 on December 9th

[flawless-v1ctory]

Oscar Isaac in The Two Faces of January (2014) dir. Hossein Amini

[xxxcertifiednerdxxx]

Creating Twin polls. Here is the, uh, more positive one.

This is about strictly movies and shows, not novels or legends or video games. Those are great too, but i wanted this poll to be as concise as I could make it.

please forgive me if any of this is incorrect. I googled creators and writers of various Star Wars shows and movies.

And please be respectful to me and other fans of Star Wars!

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Obi-Wan Kenobi (1ª Temp.)

Episodio 1: ''Part I''

• Dirección: Deborah Chow

• Guion: Joby Harold, Hossein Amini, Stuart Beattie

• Cinematografía: Chung-hoon Chung

• Cast: Ewan McGregor

[theblackmillennial]

I'm hoping any mutuals still active randomly at this time could signal boost.

Mohsen Shekari was the first protestor to be executed today.

His name must NOT go unmentioned. If the government realizes they can execute people under the world's nose, they will do it by the thousands. Please spread the word. Say his name. We must not allow them to senselessly kill our people.

These are also the names of eight people who are set to be executed. For killing one armed basiji who would've killed tens of people and injured hundreds had he remained alive. We must be their voices.

Sohail khoshdel

Manoochehr mehmannavaz

Mohsen rezazadeh gharaghloo

Saman seyyedi

Sayeed shirazi

Mohammad borugheni

Abolfazl mehri hossein hajiloo

Mohammad ghobadloo

[brokehorrorfan]

Drive will be released Steelbook 4K Ultra HD (with Blu-ray and Digital) on August 27 via Sony. The 2011 neo-noir action drama is based on James Sallis's 2005 novel of the same name.

Nicolas Winding Refn (Bronson, The Neon Demon) directs from a script by Hossein Amini (Snow White and the Huntsman). Ryan Gosling stars with Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Christina Hendricks, Ron Perlman, Oscar Isaac, and Albert Brooks.

Drive is presented in 4K with Dolby Vision, approved by Refn. Special features are listed below, where you can also see the full Steelbook layout.

Disc 1 - 4K UHD:

Back in the Driver's Sea – Interviews with actors Christina Hendricks and Ron Perlman, writer Hossein Amini, editor Mat Newman, and composer Cliff Martinez

Theatrical trailer

Disc 2 - Blu-ray:

Interview with director Nicolas Winding Refn Documentary

I Drive: The Driver featurette

Driver and Irene: The Relationship featurette

Under the Hood: Story featurette

Cut to the Chase: Stunts featurette

When the lightning-fast wheelman (Ryan Gosling) incurs the wrath of L.A.'s most dangerous criminal (Albert Brooks), the only way out of the mess is to put the pedal to the metal.

Pre-order Drive.

[mariacallous]

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died on Sunday when a helicopter carrying him and a delegation of other Iranian officials crash-landed in the mountains of northern Iran, throwing the future of the country and the region into further doubt.

Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and other top officials were also killed in the crash as the group was traveling in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province, the Iranian state-run Islamic Republic News Agency confirmed. Dense fog impeded search and rescue operations for hours before the crash site was found. The fog was so thick that it forced the Iranians to call on the support of European Union satellites to help locate the helicopter. 

Raisi’s death puts a coda on a short but transformative era in Iranian politics that saw the country lurch in a hard-line direction and threatened to bring the Middle East to the brink of regional war. In nearly three years in power, Raisi moved Iran’s domestic politics and social policy in a more conservative direction and pushed the country further into the role of clear U.S. antagonist in the region after his predecessor, Hassan Rouhani—who defeated him in the 2017 presidential election—first sought a detente with the West over Iran’s nuclear program before stepping up proxy attacks.

An Islamic jurist noted for his close relationship with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and considered by many officials and experts as a likely candidate to succeed the aging supreme leader, Raisi’s tenure saw Iran speed up uranium enrichment and slow down negotiations on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action after the United States exited the deal in 2018, three years before he came into office.

Iran under Raisi also supported Russia in its war against Ukraine with extensive exports of Shahed suicide drones and artillery; increased attacks by regional proxy militias against the United States and Israel after Hamas’s October 2023 cross-border attack on Israel; and just a month before his death launched a massive drone and missile attack against Israel. 

Experts say that regardless of who replaces Raisi, the strategy he pursued is unlikely to change, having been solidified among the higher echelons of Iran’s political and clerical leadership. 

“With Raisi, without Raisi, the regime is quite content with the way the post-Oct. 7 Middle East has been shaking out,” said Behnam Ben Taleblu, a senior fellow focused on Iran at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD). “It’s been able to continue its death-by-a-thousand-cuts strategy, firing directly against the U.S. and Israel via proxy and then even directly a few times itself with the tit-for-tat you saw in April, and still look like it won the round.”

Under the Iranian Constitution, First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber is likely to fill in as head of the cabinet for the next 50 days until elections can be called. Recent parliamentary elections drew record-low turnouts, analysts said. What’s more, significant effort was expended by Khamenei and his allies to ensure Raisi’s win during the last presidential election in 2021, disqualifying potential rivals. 

Before becoming president, Raisi served on Iran’s prosecution committee that was responsible for executing an estimated 5,000 dissidents in 1988. He had been accused of crimes against humanity by the United Nations and was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department. And that heavy-handed approach continued with the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran’s morality police in September 2022 after allegedly not wearing a hijab properly in public, which sparked nationwide protests. 

Beyond the horizon of snap elections and the presidential election set for next year, there is potential for upheaval at the top of Iran’s ruling class. With a short line of possible successors to the 85-year-old Khamenei, other than the head of state’s son, Mojtaba Khamenei, Raisi’s death could throw the country’s political future into further turmoil. 

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the largest branch of the Iranian armed forces that controls major swaths of the country’s economy, could also use the upheaval to strengthen its hand.

“There is no heir apparent if he’s gone,” said David Des Roches, a professor at the National Defense University’s Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies and retired U.S. Army colonel. “What’s really interesting is to see if the IRGC will basically complete a slow-motion coup.”

As rescue workers searched for Raisi’s downed helicopter, state media asked the Iranian people to pray for him. Instead, in the wake of reports of the crash, some Iranians appeared to light celebratory fireworks, cheering the demise of the hard-line leader.

“Today’s crash & likely death of president Raisi and his [foreign minister] will shake up Iranian politics,” Afshon Ostovar, an associate professor at the Naval Postgraduate School and a longtime Iran expert, wrote in a post on X before the president’s death had been confirmed. “Regardless of the cause, perceptions of foul play will be rife within the regime. Ambitious elements may press for advantage, compelling reactions from other parts of the regime. Buckle up.” 

While experts said it was unlikely that a liberalizing figure would emerge in either snap elections or Iran’s 2025 presidential election, Raisi’s death could leave a small opening for resurgent protest movements that have persisted under the surface. 

“These movements are not dead,” said Ben Taleblu, the FDD expert. “They operate on the low level, on the periphery—usually strikes, labor unions, that kind of thing. It could lead to a nationwide trigger, and it could be a nothing burger. But the story of the Iranian protest movement is always a matter of when and not if.”

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The Iranian regime has executed more than 127 people, including women and children, since the Hamas attacks of 7 October, according to human rights groups.

According to data collected by Iran Human Rights (IHR) and the Norway-based organisation Hengaw, which have been cross-referenced by the Observer, there has been an alarming rise in executions since the beginning of the war between Israel and Hamas.

A third group, Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRA), confirmed that there has been a significant increase in executions since the 7 October attacks, stating that on Wednesday last week, the regime executed seven people within a 24-hour period.

Human rights activists and the families of those put to death have accused the regime of using the world’s preoccupation with war in Gaza as a cover to exact revenge on dissidents and put people to death without due judicial process.

“Since the start of the war, there has been little international focus on the human rights situation in Iran, and there has been no substantial response to the significant increase in executions,” said Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, the director of IHR, who added that his organisation has recorded double the number of executions in October and November compared with August and September.

Those who have been put to death in the last two months include a child, 17-year-old Hamidreza Azari, whose death was labelled “deplorable” by the UN last week.

IHR claims that Azari was executed for murder at Sabzevar prison after giving a “forced confession”, and that state media falsely gave his age as 18 when reporting his death.

Iran has also executed 22-year-old Milad Zohrevand, the eighth protester linked to the Women, Life, Freedom movement to face the death penalty for participating in the nationwide anti-regime protests that erupted across Iran last year following the death of Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish woman who died while in police custody after allegedly being arrested for breaching Iran’s strict dress code.

The UN also condemned Zohrevand’s execution, saying that “available information indicates that his trial lacked the basic requirements for due process under international human rights law” and that it was “troubled” by reports that Zohrevand’s parents were arrested following his execution.

In October, the UN condemned the Iranian regime for carrying out executions at an “alarming rate”. It said, according to its data, at least 419 people were put to death between January and July this year, which constitutes a 30% increase compared with the same time period in 2022.

But Iranian human rights groups now say that the surge of executions over the past two months has pushed the total number of death sentences carried out by the regime since the beginning of 2023 to more than 700. Civil rights activists inside the country say the executions come at a time of sustained and brutal repression by the Iranian authorities determined to re-establish their authority after months of protests and unrest.

“We face increasing restrictions due to the dozens of morality police on the streets, and we face harassment or arrests if we even share the news of executions or killings on social media. They are using the silence of the international community to avenge our calls for freedom,” said one political activist inside Iran, who said they have already been detained multiple times.

The regime has faced allegations that it is carrying out death sentences in secret, without informing family members and without giving those facing execution access to legal representation.

The family of 27-year-old Hossein Ali Dil Baluch, who was handed the death penalty for drug offences, say he had reportedly had his sentence reduced due to lack of evidence before he was suddenly executed in secret at Birjand central prison on 19 October. His family say they were not told in advance and did not have the chance to see him before he died.

“In the majority of these cases, at least 95%, the defendants lacked legal representation and didn’t have a lawyer to support them,” said Moein Khazaeli, a human rights lawyer at Dadban, a centre for counselling and legal education of activists.

“In most of the cases in the hands of the revolutionary court, the defendants didn’t even have access to the case files and didn’t even know what the accusations were.”

Activists and protesters who spoke to the Observer said the repression of those critical of the regime and those belonging to minority groups also continues to rise in Sistan-Baluchistan, Kurdish regions and among the Baha’i community.

Since the beginning of October, 38 Baha’i citizens have been collectively sentenced to more than 133 years of imprisonment by judicial authorities, according to human rights groups. The Baha’i community constitutes Iran’s largest non-Muslim minority and has been subjected to mass arrests, abductions and long-term imprisonment.

Human rights activists also say that in recent weeks the regime has been carrying out executions of prisoners who have been detained for years, sometimes decades, as their cases move through the judicial system.

Meysam Chandani was 22 when he was arrested in Sistan-Baluchistan province by the Islamic Republic’s intelligence forces in Saravan in 2011 and charged with “waging war against god”. Activists claim that for years Chandani faced torture and was refused medical help before his death on 11 November.

Many of those put to death in recent weeks had been charged with drug-related offences.

On 15 November, Zarkhaton Mazarzehi, 46, who was a mother and grandmother, was put to death after being charged with drug-related offences. A relative said she was a widow and supporting her whole family when she was arrested, and that after she was charged she was not given access to a lawyer and denied the charges.

“Zarkhaton did not surrender to the pressure [to confess],” they said. “The world shouldn’t doubt that the executions in Baluchistan have increased and will continue to increase in order to create terror among the people.”

The Baluch minority, most of whom are Sunni Muslims, have been disproportionately targeted, accounting for nearly one-third of all executions. The vast majority of Iran’s Muslims are Shia.

In the past few months, there has also been a wave of arrests of dissidents and lengthy sentences handed down to anti-regime protesters.

In November, Mahsa Yazdani, whose son was reportedly killed after being shot by security forces during an anti-regime protest in 2022, was sentenced to 13 years in prison after she demanded justice for her child on social media.

At the end of October, Iranian authorities also arrested Nasrin Sotoudeh, a prominent lawyer and human rights defender, as she attended the funeral of a teenage girl who died after a disputed metro incident with a member of Iran’s morality police.