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DUBAI —  An Iranian singer who won a Grammy presented by First Lady Jill Biden has been sentenced to more than three years in prison over his anthem supporting the 2022 protests over the death of Mahsa Amini. Shervin Hajipour posted on Instagram on Friday, the same day that Iran held its parliamentary election, what appeared to be part of the judgment against him. It said Hajipour received a three-year, eight-month sentence on charges of “propaganda against the system” and “encouraging people to protest.” The court…

By Lindsey Bahr | Associated Press Noora Niasari’s delicately moving ” Shayda ” puts the viewer in the shoes of an Iranian woman in Australia living in a women’s shelter with her 6-year-old daughter. The violence happens before we enter the story, and yet actor Zar Amir Ebrahimi’s face and body tells us everything we need to know. Whatever bruises might have been there are gone, but the pain and trauma is palpable. We understand immediately that she is terrified of her husband, of what he’s done and of what he might do,…

ODESA, Ukraine — The American Century is ending, with external adversaries outmaneuvering the United States in critical strategic contests worldwide, while internal extremists destroy American leadership. Whether one believes — as American officials say they do — that the purpose of U.S. power is to enforce a “rules-based” liberal international order and defend human rights, or whether one believes — as Russian President Vladimir Putin and his friends say they do — that the U.S. uses its espoused ideals as cover…

Takeshi Ebisawa, a purported leader in Japan’s Yakuza crime syndicate, was charged on Wednesday with trying to sell undercover DEA agents nuclear materials that he believed would eventually make their way to Iran. Why was it the DEA who nabbed Ebisawa? The Yakuza leader first tried to sell them drugs and surface-to-air missiles.What Drew Noomi Rapace to Constellation?The news comes from the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, who alleges Ebisawa started sending photos of “rocky substances” along…

The White House publicly confirmed on Thursday that Russia has obtained a "troubling" emerging anti-satellite weapon but said it cannot directly cause "physical destruction" on Earth.White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said U.S. intelligence officials have information that Russia has obtained the capability, but that such a weapon is not currently operational.U.S. officials are analyzing the information they have on the emerging technology and have consulted with allies and partners on the…

Have we just found the predecessor of the lipstick?Archeologists found a small chlorite vial discovered among numerous artifacts looted and recovered in the Jiroft region of Kerman province, southeastern Iran, containing a deep red cosmetic preparation that is likely a lip-coloring paint or paste. Through analytical research involving the use of X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy-energy-dispersive spectroscopy, and high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, the researchers were able to…

As Hurricane Larry lashed Newfoundland in 2021, university students from Halifax headed to a rural area in its track to find out whether the ocean might whip microplastics up into the atmosphere then transport them by air to otherwise pristine communities.The results, you could say, blew their socks off."It was such, like, an astonishing result that we weren't really expecting," said Anna Ryan, a Dalhousie University environmental science masters student and the study's lead researcher. To test their theory, the…

US prosecutors claim Binance processed around $275 million in both deposits and withdrawals to BestMixer, a cryptocurrency “mixing” service designed to make cryptocurrency transactions harder to trace before Dutch law enforcement shut down that service in May of 2019 as part of a money laundering investigation. The charging document goes on to allege that Binance users included ransomware gangs, hackers who had plundered crypto from other exchanges, and scammers.For years after its founding in 2017, the prosecutors say,…

Iranian-made drones used by Russian forces in Ukraine contain many components produced by third-country suppliers, according to a U.S. government advisory. Iranian-made drones used by Russian forces in Ukraine contain many components produced by third-country suppliers, according to a U.S. government advisory. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is…

Away from all the glitz and glamour at the red carpet, the Cannes Film Festival, this year, faced a storm of controversies for various reasons. We take a look at some of the major stirs that created ripples at the fest this year. A protester, wearing a dress in the colours of the Ukrainian flag, was detained by security after she covered herself in fake blood on the stairs on the Festival Palace ahead of the screening of the film Acide during the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival (AFP) Depp-Heard saga…