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Jamal Dajani on the Iranian Presidential Election

Jamal Dajani, Senior Director of Middle Eastern Programming at Link TV and producer of Mosaic, recently appeared on CBS to discuss the results and and unrest in Tehran following the re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

 

 

 

For more information about the election, watch Global Pulse's report on the Iranian media's coverage of the candidates, and learn about Saudi Arabia's role via Mosaic Intelligence Report.

 
 

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Filmmaker Ghobadi's Fiancé Imprisoned

Roxana Saberi, fiancé of accomplished Iranian filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi, is being held in an Iranian jail under accusations of espionage. Her arrest has sparked widespread outrage, as witnessed in this New York Times editorial. In an open letter posted online, Ghobadi asserts her innocence and expresses that he has become frustrated trying to work as a filmmaker in Iran -- his films banned, released on the black market, and future projects not given authorization.

 

But Ghobadi says he does not want to leave Iran without Saberi, according to the LA Times.

 

Bahman Ghobadi's film, A Time for Drunken Horses, has previously been featured in Link TV's CINEMONDO lineup, and in May 2007, Peter Scarlet interviewed Ghobadi in northern Iraq:

 

 

 
 

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