With no end in sight to the ongoing war in Iran - both Iran and the U.S. this week seized ships trying to move through the Strait of Hormuz - the country's filmmakers say they feel both "under attack" ...

The feature film debut from Iranian-French director Mahsa Karampour about her and her brother, a former member of indie rock ...

In Rome on the evening of April 4, as Iran was being pounded by U.S. and Israeli missiles, a large crowd celebrated the Persian new year in the Eternal City’s Alcazar club dancing to Middle East beats ...

In late March 2012, when Iran was under threat of attack by the Obama administration, the World Socialist Web Site published a perspective on the Iranian film A Separation, directed by Asghar Farhadi.

For women in Iran, life changed dramatically after the 1979 Iranian Revolution. The new Islamic Republic of Iran enforced compulsory veiling, legalised polygamy, severely restricted women’s rights to ...

(CNN) — Two Oscar-nominated Iranian films will have a moment on the global stage at Sunday’s Academy Awards as Hollywood contends with how to address a fraught political reality on a night often seen ...

Mohammad Rasoulof’s The Seed of the Sacred Fig captures Iran’s 2022 uprising through one loyalist family’s collapse. A vital ...

Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi’s first feature in five years received a warm welcome in Cannes tonight as an ...

As the U.S. and Chinese presidents meet, Iran looms in the background. Meanwhile, Iranian cinema is once again represented at the Cannes film festival, and human rights abuses in Iran continue ...

Voices inside the country decry the toll on civilians and cinema, while exiled filmmakers warn they’ve been shut out of Iran’s future. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief With no end in sight to ...