Iran is an ancient civilization with a rich history of art, poetry, and architecture. Persian literature is often recognized ...

Two Iranian films — Jafar Panahi’s “It Was Just an Accident” and the documentary “Cutting Through Rocks” — are vying for Oscars this Sunday, two weeks after the US and Israel launched attacks on Iran.

When a film from far beyond Hollywood’s pull upends your sense of what movies can do, you begin to wonder how you ever ...

On the assumption that Americans should understand who we’re bombing, here are five excellent Iranian films, all streaming ...

Jafar Panahi, the most talked-about, globally esteemed Iranian film-maker of this century, will go to the Oscars next weekend, very possibly as American and Israeli missiles continue to rain down on ...

At the center of the film series is the work of Rakhshan Banietemad. An award-winning filmmaker who emerged in the wake of ...

Iranian Protagonist Of Oscar-Nominated Documentary ‘Cutting Through Rocks’ Will Not Make It To Academy Awards Ceremony ...

At the time, there was a lot of suspicion in the Iranian community, because we’re all second-generation kids, raised by parents who lived through a revolution in which the extremes of poverty had some ...

As the U.S.-led assault on Iran continues, Iranian filmmakers are taking to social media to support the foreign intervention to topple Tehran's theocracy. "The 47-year nightmare has not yet fully ...

To drive through it was both to experience a kind of cinematic thrill and attain a level of comprehension only the movies could prepare you for. By the time the 2010’s rolled around, audiences were ...

Amid the US, Israel and Iran conflict, several Iranian-born Bollywood actors have also come into the spotlight. Elnaaz Norouzi shared a post about Iran on social media. Find out which Bollywood actors ...