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

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

Mehdi Mahmoudian, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter behind the Iranian film ‘It Was Just an Accident’, was arrested in Tehran ...

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

Marion Cotillard, Yorgos Lanthimos, and Juliette Binoche were among the signatures calling out "the organized crimes ...

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 ...

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

The Academy Award–nominated screenwriter was detained in Tehran after signing a statement criticizing Iran's leadership; two ...

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

Iran’s ability to strike Israel and destabilize the wider Middle East makes it a far more dangerous adversary.