Seed of the Sacred Fig” director Mohammad Rasoulof was forced to flee Iran after secretly filming this political thriller, ...

TEHRAN-Twelve films from Iran will participate in the 23rd Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF), due to be held in Dhaka, ...

In the absence of decisive action from international actors, Syria is poised to descend further into crisis, as Afghanistan ...

Iranian worshippers walk past a mural showing the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, after Friday prayers in Tehran, 19 April, 2024 ...

who presented this year’s Gold Fellowships for Women to Iranian writer, director and producer Raha Amirfazli (U.S. fellow) ...

challenging the societal expectations placed on women in Iran. “I wanted to earn respect,” the actress says – her words testifying to a lifelong battle for recognition. Hers was an arduous ...

Alexei Navalny, who crusaded against Russian President Vladimir Putin, former President Jimmy Carter, U.S. congresswoman ...

Steven Simon is a Distinguished Fellow and Visting Professor at Dartmouth College and a senior fellow at the Quincy Institute ...

In 2023, three actresses, Afsaneh Bayegan ... but also perpetuates the same systems of oppression that Iranian women seek to dismantle.

Mohammad Rasoulof creates a fictional family torn apart by the 2022 uprising that saw women in revolt against a government ...

Charles Dolan, former President and CEO of Cablevision.

A deluge of false or misleading information about Syria has flooded social media. Local and international actors are ...