With no end in sight to the ongoing war in Iran — both Iran and the U.S. this week seized ships trying to move through the Strait of Hormuz — the country’s filmmakers say they feel both “under attack” — from U.S. and Israeli bombing attacks that have inflicted widespread damage to civilian infrastructure — and “abandoned” by the international community.
Nearly two months after the killing of Ali Khamenei on Feb. 28, there is little evidence that the conflict has weakened hardliners inside the Islamic Republic. Instead, power appears to have consolidated around a more hardline leadership tied to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, with figures like Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, a former Guards general, playing a central role in negotiations with the United States.
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Two weeks into the shaky, uncertain ceasefire, a form of normality has returned to the streets of Tehran.
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