Iranian mischief-maker supreme, Jafar Panahi, rewires a revenge thriller into a blisteringly funny indictment of power, ...

The film grants hope for the women of Iran through its thick-skinned subject, putting her resume and grit on display.

The Mirabal sisters were murdered after resisting the Dominican Republic's sexist dictator Rafael Trujillo. Their bravery inspired the UN's International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against ...

"1001 Frames," which screened at Thessaloniki Film Festival this week, is composed of a series of creepy scenes from auditions conducted in Tehran, Iran. But it could be any city. During the auditions ...

The best thing I read: Natalia Ginzburg’s novel Family and Borghesia (translated by Beryl Stockman) portrays the “ordinary” ...

Jafar Panahi sits down with Golden Gate Xpress and opens up about his Palme d’Or winning film, “It Was Just an Accident.

Thousands of Iranian protesters were arrested in the months after the death of Mahsa Amini in 2022, following her arrest for ...

Duality,” the new hybrid feature written, directed and produced by Iranian filmmaker Abbas Nezamdoost world-premiered this ...

An NBC News film crew was given exclusive access to the National Aerospace Park on Wednesday, a rarity for a foreign news organization.

It Was Just an Accident” centers on a group of former prisoners who encounter a man they believe was the guard who tortured ...

What makes a bad movie? It's hard to really pin down what makes a terrible film because one person's The Room is another person's Citizen Kane. Movies communicate different things to different people.

On the occasion of World Cities Day, Mehr News Agency has compiled a list of some prominent and famous Iranian cities that all Iranian citizens and tourists must visit at least once in their lives.