The award-winning Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof has been sentenced to eight years in prison and lashings just ahead of his planned trip to the Cannes film festival, his lawyer told The Associated ...

"In the era of social networks, making films has become very difficult, " said renowned Iranian actress and director Niki Karimi, who arrived in Baku to participate in the 16th Baku International Film ...

Roozbeh Farahanipour sat in the blue-green glow of his Westwood restaurant’s 220-gallon saltwater aquarium and worried about Iran, his voice accented in anguish. It was Sunday morning, and the ...