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Winners of the 2018 Fajr International Film Festival announced

PayvandNews – The 36th edition of Fajr International Film Festival, the longest running film event in the Middle East, named its winners during a ceremony on Thursday night at Vahdat Hall, Tehran. ‘Aga’ by Milko Lazarov won Best Film, while Cambodian documentary film director Rithy Panh won the Peace Award. The curtain fell on this year’s edition, on Thursday, 26 …

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Iranian Government Suspected Of Hacking Attacks Against Activists

Radiofarda – Iranian hackers have attacked user accounts of several Iranian charity workers, academics, dual nationals living abroad as well as tens of political and civil activists in Iran, reported Campaign for Human Rights in Iran on Saturday April 28.

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Editor Of A Reform Newspaper Detained In Mashhad, A City Ruled By Hardliners

Radiofarda – The managing editor of reformist daily Sharq was taken into custody on Saturday, April 28, by the order of a judge based in Mashhad, holiest Shi’ite city in Iran.

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Baku Signs Another Caspian Oil Contract,While Iran Still Waits

Radiofarda – Azerbaijan’s state-run oil and gas company, Socar, signed a new 25-year production sharing contract (PSA) with British Petroleum on April 26 to explore and develop an oil and gas block in the Caspian Sea. Socar is also preparing to contract another offshore gas project with Norwegian Statoil next month.

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War Of Hashtags Brings Zarif Under The Spotlight

Radiofarda – A war of hashtags has taken over social media following a Q&A session with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at the Council on Foreign Relations on April 23.

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