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

One of the well-known faces of Iranian cinema, actress Elnaz Shakerdoust, has annouced she would not never work in Iran as a ...

Mehdi Mahmoudian worked on the script of Jafar Panahi's 'It Was Just An Accident', which won last year's Palme d'Or and is nominated for Best Screenplay and Best International Feature at this year’s ...

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Intrepid adventurer Cynthia Milton – who made a solo global biking odyssey and experienced a zero gravity flight – has embarked on her final journey.

Tyler Coates examins why the best documentary has become the toughest Oscar category to predict in recent years.

Iranian authorities carried out executions on a scale unseen since the late 1980s, conducted mass and arbitrary arrests, and ratcheted up repression, especially following the June armed conflict with ...

This is the diary of journalist Kajin Azadi, who was able to enter Iran in early January and emerge with these exclusive ...