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...banning women from stadiums. "There are lots of men in there," he argues. "They'll be cursing and swearing." Without missing a beat, she replies: "We promise not to listen." In his newest movie Offside (released in Britain on June 9, the first day of the World Cup), Iranian director Jafar Panahi uses such back-and-forth to highlight the absurdity of a rule that doesn't allow women to enjoy the beautiful game. But the conversation could easily apply to Iran's film industry as well: the Islamic republic is the prison guard, defending its heavy-handed censorship...
...part, Panahi warns against giving the current regime too much credit - especially as he waits to see if Offside will be given permission for general release in Iranian theaters. "If anything has been achieved in Iranian cinema, it has been due to the creativity of the filmmakers," he says. "They have decided when and under which conditions to make their films, and what ways they could find for their films to be produced and screened." But all too often creativity means leaving sensitive bits on the cutting-room floor. Moghadam agreed to make several edits to Maxx - the government found...
...embassy takeover was not just a symbolic blow against the U.S. but also a power play in the struggle between radical Islamists and more moderate elements within the Iranian revolution, who were already reaching out to the U.S. To the Islamic students, any rapprochement with Washington was supping with the devil. What the embassy takeover promised them was a chance to rekindle the revolution, goad the Great Satan into waving his pitchfork at Iran and force the moderates to renounce the U.S. and all its wicked devices...
...Deter or Disarm? TIME's comprehensive analysis of the Iranian nuclear standoff was wonderfully well written and insightful [April 3]. Iranian leaders rely for the defense of their country on a simple perception: that an opponent doesn't dare make an aggressive move for fear of devastating consequences. Peaceful negotiations through sustained diplomacy seem to be the only viable way out of this threatening situation. Then again, isn't the unwelcome prospect of mutually assured destruction a universally acclaimed deterrent against the unbearable perils of terrorism's ultimate expression? Pierre Galipeau St.-Léonard, Canada...
...part because of the opacity of the Iranian regime's intentions, only a small minority of the Bush team favors direct talks. Many experts inside and outside the government believe that no matter what incentives the world offers, Iran is determined to become a nuclear power. That has raised the specter that the U.S. might take military action to destroy Iran's nuclear facilities. Although the prospect causes shudders among the U.S.'s European and Arab allies, it might prove more palatable if Washington has shown it has exhausted all diplomatic options, including direct negotiations, before resorting to military force...