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

Director Jafar Panahi has proven that artists can be imprisoned but never silenced; one can never prohibit an artist from ...

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

Mehdi Mahmoudian and others detained after signing a statement calling Iran's crackdown an 'organised state crime against ...

One of the screenwriters of an Oscar-nominated film has been arrested in Tehran days after signing a statement condemning ...

Mehdi Mahmoudian, co-writer of “It Was Just an Accident,” was one of several people detained after signing a letter objecting ...

Mehdi Mahmoudian was arrested weeks before the Oscars and days after he signed a statement condemning Iran’s violent ...

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

Mehdi Mahmoudian, the Oscar-nominated Iranian co-writer of 'It Was Just An Accident' and human rights activist, has been ...

All five of this year's nominees for best documentary feature premiered at Sundance. The filmmakers vying for gold spoke to ...

Smuggled out of Iran on a hard drive, Maryam Ataei and Hossein Keshavarz’s film combines the daring of Jafar Panahi with the ...