to take down and sometimes in the past, they've said, no, we don't think that's a russian account. one of the ways that they've been able to do it is the russians have been able to sneak past those protections is that they've been using front companies to acquire mobile telephone numbers, so they look like legitimate accounts. they can also router. so it looks like they're coming from. you know some us home when, in fact, they're on a farm somewhere in russia. how creepy. all right, joseph men. thank you for enlightening us. we appreciate it. thanks, reverend. all right. robert f. kennedy jr is set to announce his presidential campaign this week, but he can't count on the support of his own family to take on biden. or why the kennedys want to sit this one out next. wait have you surrounded? take your lord babak with scotts turf builder to ripple action gets three jobs done at once killed. swedes
least. we know that it requires difficult decisions, but they're necessary as we see, as we saw with the family case how quickly after so many years of suffering, once the president was engaged and that's what we are calling for is president biden's engagement and direct involvement because, undoubtedly, his engagement and his decisive action is what has been lacking and what the results are. >> i know your family has gone through so many years of suffering here, and i do hope, i do hope you find some relief soon, but babak, thank you so much. >> thank you, jim. coming up next, the psychologist who testified that amber heard has ptsd from her alleged abuse by johnny depp. now back on the stand, this time, she is going to be questioned by depp's attorneys. we'll have the latest in this case coming up. inspired by nature, onetouch verio reflect® meter
shortages, and crippling trade sanctions that have caused the economy to sputter. >> babak: so i'm going to make you a small table. >> anthony: all right. babak is kind enough to take me for breakfast. >> babak: this is called haleem. >> anthony: awesome, and it's made from bulgur wheat? >> babak: yes, and you know what is inside except wheat? it is meat. it is turkey. this is a mixture of sugar and cinnamon. >> anthony: mmm, that's good. >> babak: you like? >> anthony: yeah. and this bread is amazing. so you were how old when the war with iraq started? >> babak: i was exactly 7. >> anthony: iraq attacked and it was -- >> babak: yeah. >> anthony: -- a surprise attack. iran's eight-year-long war with saddam hussein's iraq is deeply, deeply felt. hundreds of thousands of iranians, many of them children, died fighting in that conflict. were you afraid? >> babak: we were afraid.
♪ ♪ in this part of the world, whatever your background, bread is a vital, essential, fundamental, and deeply respected staple. and mornings in tehran, countless bakeries like this one turn out as much as they can. oh, man. smells good in here. >> babak: you have to stay in line. >> anthony: no problem. standing on line is a daily part of life for many iranians. they bake these things on small stones. gives it that texture. >> babak: this is why it's called sangak. sang is stone, pebble. >> anthony: in the years since the 1979 revolution, iranians have weathered wars, food
my brother was in the front for three years out of eight, and it was not only my brother. many young people like him. eight years of war, you know? with a country that is supported by many big powers. >> anthony: and it is worth mentioning, whatever you think, wherever we are now, that saddam, supported by the u.s. government, and with our full knowledge, used sarin and mustard gas on hundreds of thousands of iranians. less known in america, known and felt by everyone in iran. >> babak: and it was a mistake of united states at that time. they made a bad memory for iranians. >> anthony: but it's still -- people are indeed really, really nice here. i mean -- >> babak: because people here don't hate americans. you helped a coup and then a revolution, everything, and then we captured your embassy, and okay, it's finished. we didn't kill each other. we didn't have a real fight. so it can be some political
>> reporter: his father flew to iran to get his son out and that's when he was arrested by iranian authorities. charged with the same alleged crime. and while in prison the 84-year-old had two heart surgeries and nearly died. his sentence was commuted last year, but he is still not allowed to leave iran. he said his brother has been tortured in prison. >> he was beaten up physically, tased, tied down, he had wires connected to him with threats of electrification. >> reporter: babak is in washington this week, he will meet with members of congress and see state department officials who he is in regular contact with. he has requested a meeting with the white house but that has not been granted. >> your heart has been broken multiple times before. what gives you any confidence that this time it won't happen again? >> i don't have a good answer. i guess faith in humanity. i still have that faith. >> reporter: the state department says securing the
release is a top priority. >> we can't forget them and anything that happens on the nuclear side whether we succeed or fail our goal is going to be to get them back home. >> reporter: there are some signs that talks over the iran deal are happening in parallel to the discussions about the release of his father and brother, but he says the release may require bold action. >> i think the expectation i have from president biden along with i have had from all other presidents is to be prepared to make difficult decisions. to make courageous decisions. >> reporter: the weight on babak's shoulders is unimaginable. he says that thoughts about securing the release of his father and his brother engulf him every single day from the minute he wakes up until the time he goes to bed at night. one devastating thing is that his son recently graduated from college and it for him apart that both his father and his brother couldn't be there to watch. kylie atwood, cnn, the state department. marjorie taylor greene's
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'Gagarine' Sales Agent Totem Films Boards Berlin Competition Entry 'Ballad of a White Cow' (EXCLUSIVE)
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Paris-based Totem Films announced Friday that it is handling sales on Iranian Behtash Sanaeeha and Maryam Moghaddam’s Berlin Film Festival competition entry, “Ballad of a White Cow.” Totem Films will bring the drama onto the market at early March’s European Film Market (EFM).
The pick-up is sure to draw attention. Launched in 2019 by Agathe Valentin, Laure Parleani and Berenice Vincent, sales and production company Totem Films made waves at the Cannes Film Market last year, scoring vast international sales on “Gagarine,” one of the Cannes Festival official selection’s biggest arthouse breakouts.