Dec 28 2018
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In the early hours of March 9th, 2018, Amir Badvipour, a university student and admin of the fan-run group Nintendo…
Feb 3 2017
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Navid Khonsari has been a legal resident of the United States for 17 years. He’s worked on games like Grand Theft…
Aug 7 2016
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Iran’s Supreme Council of Virtual Spaces, which is a real thing and not the dystopian government from a sci-fi TV…
May 13 2016
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Former US marine and game developer Amir Hekmati is suing the state of Iran, alleging that he was tortured during his five-year detainment period. Hekmati had been convicted of espionage among other charges. He was released from captivity in January.
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Dec 31 2015
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Inside a Cave. Jahrom, Iran. By Aria Khosh Sirat.
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Apr 12 2014
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Amir Hekmati, U.S. born one-time game developer jailed in Iran since 2011 for allegedly engaging in espionage for the CIA, has been given a 10-year prison termfollowing a secret retrial which took place in December. He had originally been sentenced to death, a ruling overturned in 2012.
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Feb 2 2014
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Usually, it's the characters in the video games themselves that have the code names. Agent 47. Solid Snake. The…
Nov 4 2013
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Last month, Kotaku published images of Taiwanese special forces. They were totally frightening. But Taiwan doesn't…
Aug 28 2013
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League of Legends' female characters wear revealing outfits—too revealing for Iranian hardliners. And thus, too…
Aug 29 2012
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The United States government commemorated the one-year anniversary of Iran's imprisonment of…
Jun 29 2012
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On February 14, 1989, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwā against Salman Rushdie, calling for the…
Jun 25 2012
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What does it take to be accused of espionage? For Navid Khonsari, all he had to do was start making a game about…
Jun 24 2012
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Iran's mastery of the Unity engine may not have gotten the attention of the United Nations Security Council, but…
Jun 21 2012
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It's a proud part of American mythology that people from all over the world get to come here and pursue their…
Mar 5 2012
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There is new hope for the survival of an American sentenced to death in Iran for spying today, as Iran has…
Mar 2 2012
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Defending his preference for peace in an in-depth interview with The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg, President Obama…
Feb 8 2012
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Amir Hekmati, the U.S.-born game developer sentenced to death in Iran for allegedly engaging in espionage for the…
Dec 19 2011
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When Iranian state TV aired the alleged confession of a homegrown spy on Sunday night, Amir Mirza Hekmati's…
Dec 13 2011
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There are sections of EA's blockbuster Battlefield 3 in which the player controls an American soldier fighting on…
Nov 29 2011
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