The Iranian director’s Palme d’Or-winning thriller, “It Was Just an Accident,” set the tone for a festival defined by dramas ...

An Iranian director is breathing new life into William Shakespeare's "King Lear" with a bold staging in Tehran infused with ...

Iranian authorities are carrying out a horrific execution spree, with at least 110 reported executions in April 2025 alone.

Writer-director Saeed Roustaee ('Leila's Brothers') returns to Cannes competition with a tale of motherhood, mourning and ...

Selling a descent from stress into a state of devastation that can never be shed (only briefly reprised) is the formidable ...

Iranian authorities have arrested four Kurdish individuals in separate incidents across west Iran's Kurdish regions (Rojhelat ...

Part memoir, part exposé, part cookbook, “The Evin Prison Bakers’ Club” reveals the hidden lives of women dissidents in the ...

Imagine living in two worlds at the same time and not even in the same time zone. It feels like living a double-life. Ever ...

The win hands the festival’s top prize to a director who had been banned from leaving Iran for more than 15 years.

A state-approved Iranian movie featuring women constantly in headscarves premiered at the Cannes film festival on Thursday, ...

Recent efforts to restore talks between Washington and Tehran over a deal to limit Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of sanctions has raised hopes among ordinary Iranians that other ...

The Cannes Festival draws to a close on Saturday, with a wry Iranian film about political prisoners and a Ukrainian-directed ...