Israeli director Guy Nattiv says Tokyo festival awards bring 'some light' amid the darkness of the war
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The Israeli filmmaker discusses his new film, 'Tatami,' which grapples with anti-Israel pressure on Iranian judokas, and blames jeers for his Meir biopic on the political climate

Nobel Prize winner and prominent former athletes who defected send letter to International Olympic Committee

US-based activist says 'victims' family members have been targeted pretty systematically,' while Norway-based nonprofit says 486 people have been executed in Iran this year

Pictures of Massoud Rajavi, the long-missing leader of the MEK exile group, and his wife go up on several sites

Winners are Niloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi, who covered the death of woman in police custody, and Narges Mohammadi, one of the country's most prominent activists

Jafar Panahi, 62, was freed on bail in early February after nearly seven months in detention in Tehran for 'propaganda against the system'

Activist Keyvan Samimi previously served a 2-year prison stint for 'plotting against national security'

Niloufar Bahadorifar provided financial support to 'brazen plot' to abduct Iranian human rights activist living in US whom Tehran has sought to silence for years, US attorney says

Videos shared online show activists marching in Tehran, Arak, Isfahan, Karaj and other cities, shouting 'death to the dictator' and burning tires