Read: Silenced at home, Iranian filmmaker finds eager audience in France] When we met up in New York, Panahi told me that the film grew out of the seven months that he spent in Evin Prison in 2022 and ...

Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has been jailed and censored for his art. For "It Was Just an Accident" — an instant Oscar contender — he took inspiration from his tormenters.

The agreements were inked between the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) and five major Pakistani media entities, ...

Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, long persecuted for his unflinching portrayals of life under repression, returns with It Was Just an Accident, a gripping moral thriller born from his own time in Evin ...

Here is a concise weekly digest of the most significant political, economic, cultural, and social developments in Iran, ...

A new organisation aimed at promoting Islamic arts and heritage has launched at the House of Lords in Westminster. More than ...

When film-maker Sreemoyee Singh set out to explore Tehran’s winding lanes and artistic undercurrents in search of the voices shaping Iranian cinema, she wasn’t merely documenting a nation, but ...

Director Mary Darling uses a Baha’i heroine’s persecution in Iran to explore moral courage, forgiveness and the hope of a ...

Pakistan and Iran signed several MoUs to enhance media cooperation, including joint productions, training programs, and ...

Islamic republic has prohibited what it views as a western ritual — but young Iranians and businesses have other ideas ...

Fake reports of Iran annulling its hijab law started on Chinese social media based on an off-hand statement by Mohammadreza Bahonar, a conservative member of Iran's Expediency Discernment Council, ...

In the film, the queer and Muslim multihyphenate (filmmaker, writer, producer, actor, comedian) woman opens wide her family’s ...