Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi dedicated his Gotham Awards wins to independent filmmakers "deprived of the right to see and be seen," the same day he was sentenced in absentia to one year in prison ...

Jafar Panahi dedicated his Gotham Award for Best Screenplay for It Was Just An Accident “to independent filmmakers in Iran ...

For nearly his entire professional career, Panahi has been facing off against the Iranian government and criticizing it ...

Iranian director Jafar Panahi has been sentenced to one year in prison and a two-year travel ban in absentia, his lawyer ...

Jafar Panahi was sentenced to a year in prison and two-year ban from leaving Iran amid the 'It Was Just an Accident' Oscar ...

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said that five countries will take part in the exercises, while 13 or 14 others will observe them ...

Young people across Iran have been leading a dramatic change in social mores in recent months. “We have a fearless young ...

In Lebanon, despite others emigrating, many Christians who remain cling to their ancestral homeland and refuse to leave.

Iranian forces regularly target tankers illegally transporting fuel in the Strait of Hormuz, a key chokepoint for global oil and liquefied natural gas shipments.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has decided to boycott the 2026 World Cup draw in Washington next week because the ...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei described claims that Iran sent messages to the U.S. in a bid to reach out to Washington as a "total ...