Asghar Farhadi remembered the filmmaker and playwright, who died due to complications from cancer, as his "great teacher." ...

Despite a ceaseless battle against government censors, he was celebrated as one of his country’s greatest auteurs, winning ...

The director's 'It Was Just An Accident' is a highlight at this year's festival taking place at MFAH, Rice Cinema and Asia ...

Iranian filmmaker Bahram Beyzaie, best known for his 1989 feature Bashu: The Little Stranger, which was restored at the 2025 ...

Jafar Panahi on why Donald Trump's intervention is not needed amid protests in Iran and wanting to return despite his ...

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said his country is engaged in what he described as a "total war" with the U.S., Israel and Europe. In an interview published Saturday by Iranian state media, ...

The director, who in 2025 won Cannes' Palme d'Or for 'It Was Just an Accident,' was sentenced to one year in prison in ...

When people talk about Iran’s “axis of resistance,” they usually mean places like Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, or Yemen. But Tehran has another partner thousands of miles away, sitting on the edge of the ...

Narges Mohammadi and several other Iranian activists were detained last Friday. She has been beaten, requiring emergency medical treatment, and accused of working with Israel, her family said. By ...

China has unsettled Iran by backing the United Arab Emirates in a decades-old dispute over three strategically located islands in the Persian Gulf. Beijing’s position has revived a sensitive ...

Narges Mohammadi, a 2023 laureate, was arrested in Iran, her foundation said. LONDON -- More than a thousand political, social, and cultural activists signed a petition condemning the "violent arrest" ...

Senior Israeli intelligence officials say Australia was warned months in advance about the establishment of foreign-linked terror infrastructure on its soil ...