Iran
Iran seizes football star Karimi's assets in clampdown on opponents
Iran’s judiciary says it has seized more properties belonging to former national football captain and football star Ali Karimi, alongside a wider wave of measures targeting prominent cultural, sport, and media figures accused of opposing the regime or cooperating with “hostile foreign entities”.
Culture news
Venice opera house fires new music director after 'offensive' comments
Famous Venice opera house Teatro La Fenice has fired the incoming music director Beatrice Venezi after months of protests and following “repeated and serious public statements that were offensive and harmful” to the theater.
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Massive Attack and Tom Waits team up for powerful ICE protest song
"Across the western hemisphere, state authoritarianism and the militarisation of police forces are fusing again with neo-fascist politics."
Massive Attack have teamed up with Tom Waits for a haunting and incredibly powerful protest song, titled 'Boots On The Ground'.