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Iran is systematically trying to shut down those who are expressing themselves and showing their support for the fight for #Mahsa Amini Art is in peril too in Iran as in a latest movement, the celebrated director Mani Haghighi has been banned from travelling to London to showcase his latest offering the movie Subtraction that was screening in the recent London Film Festival. Releasing a latest video statement, he has said “I was prevented by the Iranian authorities from boarding my flight to London on Friday. They gave me no reasonable explanation for this utterly rude behaviour.” A formal spokesperson from the film festival has said that Mr. Haghighi was turned away from the airport and his passport confiscated forcing him to return to Tehran. Apparently, he has been vocal about Iran’s mandatory hijab law, treatment of youth and the death of the young girl #Mahsma Amini. According to the BBC reporter who has taken to Twitter and said “The regime is banning well known artists ...

There have been repeated overnight attacks in Iraq by Iran. This time, it is in Erbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region . It is been seen as an act of weakness and desperation. While its political power has been reduced in Iraq, it wants to send off a message that militarily, it still can rustle up some feathers. It is with such a mindset, that probably, an under-construction US Consulate Complex was hit by an Irani missile in the city of Erbil. Beyond Iraq, the attack is also Iran trying to grab attention as the world focuses on the Ukraine crisis. New Russian demands for guarantees on sanction-free trade with Tehran in a potential deal are almost certainly unacceptable for the US and its allies, making the agreement that Iran so desperately needs suddenly unlikely. As Iraq fights to establish its own governance and moves off the shadows of Iran, it is getting difficult for Tehran to accept its failure. The attack in KRG region is a serious act of desp...