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East Asia
Mohsen Makhmalbaf tells AsiaN: Peace is not an option; it is a necessity
Film Director Mohsen Makhmalbaf By Lee Sang-kiPublisher of The AsiaN, former president of the Journalists Association of Korea SEOUL: Amid the growing risk of military conflict between Iran and Israel, Iranian film director and human rights activist Mohsen Makhmalbaf sent a short but powerful message on war and peace to…
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West Asia
The War on the Media Land
Arash in Tehran By Alireza BahramiCorrespondent for AsiaN TEHRAN: The war of Israel and Iran on the fifth day of the battle of the narratives. On Monday, President Trump told the people of Tehran to leave the city. Some media interpreted the message as follows: America has decided to enter…
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West Asia
To President Trump
By Pooneh NedaiTEHRAN: To President Trump … You said we should leave Tehran immediately? I’m not going anywhere. I can’t abandon my family and my cats. I can’t leave my home. And when I really think about why I’m staying, I realize—I can’t leave my city behind. Maybe because I…
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South East Asia
Pakistan’s Elite Reward Themselves While the Masses Suffer
Pakistan’s Parliament By Nasir AijazThe AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: In a country riddled with economic instability, rampant inflation, and growing public frustration, the federal government’s recent decision to raise the salaries of parliamentarians and top officials by up to 600 percent has drawn widespread outrage. While the announcement was buried under…
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West Asia
Attack on Iranian TV-Report on the fourth day of the war
Iran’s state-run TV station engulfed in flames <Photo by Alireza Bahrami> By Alireza Bahrami,Correspondent for AsiaN TEHRAN: The war has entered its fourth day. Tehran became noticeably quieter on the fourth day of the war (Monday). Hundreds of thousands of people left Tehran by car on Sunday evening. Yesterday, the…
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West Asia
Houses Collapse in Tehran
A friend’s office that came under attack By Alireza Bahrami,Correspondent for The AsiaN TEHRAN: As I started typing this report, the sound of continuous air defense firing caused my colleagues to go to the ground floor or basement. I had typed a few paragraphs when I heard an explosion nearby.…
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South East Asia
Singapore’s 2025 Election: Stability at the Ballot, Strains Beneath
Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s, from People’s Action Party (PAP), second from right, thanks his supporters and voters at an assembly area for People’s Action Party supporters, on the day of the general election in Singapore, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (Photo : AP/Yonhap) Singapore General Election (GE) on May 3 that…
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West Asia
Iranian teacher and student siblings killed in Israeli bombing
Iranian siblings Parnia Abbasi (left) and Parham, who were killed in the bombing By Alireza Bahrami TEHRAN: Parnia Abbasi would have celebrated her 24th birthday in 10 days. Her poems were published in a poetry magazine a few months ago. She was an English teacher. Her father was a retired…
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West Asia
Tehran in Flames and Silence
A building in Tehran, Iran, destroyed by Israeli airstrikes (Yonhap News Agency) By Alireza Bahrami TEHRAN: Loud at night and very quiet during the day. This is the best description of the situation in Iran and its capital Tehran these days. Finally, it happened; an Israeli attack on Iran. Since…
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South Asia
Healing the Minds Through Music
Musical program for the patients By Nasir AijazThe AsiaN Representative HYDERABAD, SINDH: In the heart of Sindh province of Pakistan, where tradition meets innovation, the Sir Cowasji Jehangir (C.J.) Institute of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences in Hyderabad city stands as a beacon of progressive mental health care. As the only…
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