"It Was Just an Accident" from Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi is nominated for the Best Foreign Film and Best Original ...

Directed by Iranian filmmaker and activist Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident follows Vahid, an auto shop worker who hears a man enter his store and is convinced, based on the customer’s squeaky ...

In January 2026, a video circulated online showing an Italian TV program using an image from the American mobster film ...

Cinema has been a part of Iran for nearly its entire history. Though the work of Ebrahim Khan Akkas Bashi is no longer extant ...

Yorgos Lanthimos and Juliette Binoche are among more than 800 film figures who have signed a statement condemning the oppressive Iranian government.

Iranian Cinema Body Says Government Has Hijacked Death Of Slain Filmmaker Javad Ganji Amid Fresh Oppression Of Cinema ...

Juliette Binoche, Marion Cotillard & Yorgos Lanthimos Join 800 Film Professionals In Statement Decrying Iranian Government’s ...

There’s a strong possibility that Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi may get his first Oscar for his latest movie, “It Was Just An Accident.” There’s also a strong possibility he won’t accept the honor ...

Watch: The true story of how 2,000 Jewish children were evacuated from Iran in the years following the violent rise of the Islamic regime. Full Story As unrest and uncertainty grip Iran once again, ...

Not long after the death of filmmaker Nasser Taghvai, Iranian cinema lost another of its towering figures when Bahram Beyzai, filmmaker, playwright, and scholar, passed away on his 87th birthday in ...

The State Department has intensified its criticism of Iran’s regime on its Persian-language account since the outbreak of nationwide protests against the Ayatollahs in Tehran, mirroring President ...