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Stuart Williams

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Correspondent and Deputy Bureau Chief at Agence France-Presse (AFP)

Paris-based correspondent for Agence France-Presse (AFP). Reported from postings in Tehran, Moscow, Istanbul and always watching Iran, Russia, Turkey & Ukraine.

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  • Iran executes man accused of spying for Israel; rights groups, family slam ‘unfair’ trial - Stuart Williams

    1 week ago | qoshe.com | Stuart Williams

  • Iran executions

    1 week ago | timesofisrael.com | Stuart Williams

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  • Iran hangs man convicted of Israel spying, activists slam 'unfair' trial

    1 week ago | yahoo.com | Stuart Williams

    Iran on Wednesday executed a man convicted of spying for Israel, in defiance of pleas from his family and activists for his life to be spared after what they described as an unfair trial. Pedram Madani, 41, was hanged in Ghezelhesar prison in Karaj outside Tehran after earlier this week being transferred from Evin prison in the capital where he had been held following his arrest in 2019.

  • El triunfo de Jafar Panahi en Cannes reabrió el debate sobre las libertades individuales en Irán

    1 week ago | infobae.com | Stuart Williams

    El cineasta iraní Jafar Panahi fue recibido como un héroe por sus seguidores tras ganar el máximo galardón del festival de cine de Cannes, según mostraron imágenes publicadas en las redes sociales. La situación contrastó con la tibia reacción de los medios de comunicación estatales y los funcionarios iraníes ante la primera Palma de Oro para un cineasta iraní desde El sabor de la cereza, del fallecido Abbas Kiarostami, en 1997.

  • Filmmaker Panahi cheered on return to Iran after Cannes triumph

    1 week ago | yahoo.com | Stuart Williams

    Iranian filmmaker Jafar Pahani was given a hero's welcome on his return to Tehran Monday by supporters after winning the top prize at the Cannes film festival, footage posted on social media showed. After being banned from leaving Iran for years, forced to make films underground and enduring spells in prison, Panahi attended the French festival in person and sensationally walked away with the Palme d'Or for his latest movie "It Was Just an Accident".

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10 May 25

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8 May 25

RT @AFP: #UPDATE French President Emmanuel Macron told visiting Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa to protect all people in the multi-confession…

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