Between war, protests and government crackdowns, the filmmakers raced to finish and smuggle their portrait of Tehran's ...

Iranian screenwriter Mehdi Mahmoudian, co-writer of an Oscar-nominated film, was arrested in Tehran after signing a statement ...

Iran has summoned France's representative in protest after the French foreign minister praised the Cannes-winning Iranian film as “a gesture of resistance against the Iranian regime's oppression.” ...

The Oscar nominee was taken into custody in Tehran for signing a statement condemning the actions of Iran's supreme leader, ...

Dissident Iranian film director Jafar Panahi told AFP he believes ordinary Iranians risk being "sacrificed" in talks between ...

It appears that Panahi's application for a visa to enter the United States has been stalled due to the federal budget impasse, which began Wednesday, Oct. 1, when Republicans and Democrats failed to ...

Director Jafar Panahi criticised the arrest, emphasising Mehdi Mahmoudian's role as a human rights activist and moral figure.

Co-directed by Israeli-Iranian duo Guy Nattiv and Zar Amir, the sports drama Tatami will make its San Diego debut at the Media Arts Center on Friday. First premiering at the Venice Film Festival in ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has summoned France’s representative in protest after the French foreign minister praised a prize-winning Iranian film as “a gesture of resistance against the ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran has summoned France's representative in protest after the French foreign minister praised a prize-winning Iranian film as “a gesture of resistance against the ...