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The Attack on HSBC’s Factoid about Iranian Filmmakers

Published by Eli Clifton 7 Comments

The Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin has added her voice to the neoconservative uproar over the recent HSBC ad, which contains a factoid about Iran’s film industry. The ad, which Ali has already dissected on this blog, makes the relatively innocuous… Continue Reading →

What Do Neocons Have Against Iranian Women Filmmakers? (UPDATED)

Published by Ali Gharib 5 Comments

(UPDATED below with something of a correction.) This is typical of neoconservative aggression against Iran: It’s intellectually dishonest, utterly lacking in empathy, short-sighted, sloppy and hypocritical. Perhaps on his way to hiking in the West Bank, or whatever he does… Continue Reading →