Arash Azizi imagines a democratic, inclusive Iran after the 2022 protests—where culture, freedom, and pluralism can finally ...

Widespread tributes have been shared for Bahram Beyzai, a giant of Iranian cinema and theatre, who has died aged 87 in the US. The front pages of Iranian newspapers mourn his loss, with opposition ...

Iranians’ demand for change is not a political preference, but a civilisational instinct; and a free Iran — rooted in its ...

Rock still maintains an aura of rebellion in Iran so it’s not surprising that it continues to show up in Iranian New Wave cinema. In 2008’s animated Persepolis, Marji buys heavy metal and punk albums ...

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 ...

A daughter of the Iranian diaspora grapples with feelings of hopefulness and futility during an extraordinary moment of protests.

The Iranian Independent Filmmakers Association has stepped-up calls for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to reappraise its relationship with Iran’s government-controlled Farabi cinema ...

“Shirin Neshat,” the latest show at the Miami Art Museum, with films and photographs of the exile Iranian artist, is a unique event, helping us to grasp the complexity of women’s struggle for social ...

Introduction / Tim Stanley -- Emerging Iran: silent treasures from the dawn of history / John Curtis -- The Persian Empire / John Curtis -- Last of the ancient empires: the Iranian Renaissance / John ...