Iranian director Jafar Panahi says he plans to return home after touring with his new film, “It Was Just an Accident,” and ...

In June, the U.S. bombed key Iranian nuclear sites. Then came increased activity somewhere else, the documentary 'Strike on Iran' reports in forensic detail.

Dissident Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has said he plans to return to Iran despite being sentenced to a year in prison and ...

Jafar Panahi won multiple awards for “It Was Just an Accident,” based on his experiences as a political prisoner. The ...

Director Jafar Panahi confronted his Iran prison sentence, saying 'I know my films don't please the government' but 'I will ...

Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan, winner of the Cannes Palme d'Or in 2014 for "Winter Sleep" among many other accolades, has come under fire from the Iranian Independent Filmmakers Association (IIFMA) ...

Googoosh’s love songs are both banned and beloved in her homeland. Her new memoir reveals a life as rich and painful as ...

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The bean counters might say otherwise, but 2025 was a good year for movies. Filmmakers working in and out of the studio ...

Jafar Panahi has been sentenced in absentia in Iran to one year in prison and a travel ban, according to his lawyer.

Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi was taken to hospital twice after being violently arrested last week, her ...

Narges Mohammadi told her family in a phone call that she was beaten on the head and neck by plainclothes agents in Mashhad ...