Iran’s ‘Spider Killer’ is Re-Dramatised Two Decades After Original Documentary
Iranwire - Over the last 20 years, there have been multiple incidents of serial killings in Iran that were striking…
Culture
Dispatch from the Tehran Book Fair: A Lackluster Return Dominated by Conservatives
After a two-year break due to coronavirus, 33rd Tehran International Book Fair got under way on Wednesday, May 11 and…
Filmmakers’ Guilds Demand Explanation for Disappearance of Two Documentary Directors
Iranwire - Three Iranian documentary filmmakers' associations have called In a joint statement for the immediate release of Mina Keshavarz and Firoozeh Khosrovani, who were arrested at…
Iranian Film Workers Arrested, Homes Raided
Iranwire - A renowned Iranian filmmaker has said that the offices and homes of several filmmakers and other industry professionals…
Archeologists Concerned Over Bill Turning Iran Into Hub For Antiquities Trade
RFL/RE - A group of Iranian archeologists have expressed concern over a bill in parliament that calls for measures to…
New Wave of Arrests of Documentary Filmmakers Under Way in Iran
Iranwire - IranWire has received information that a new wave of arrests of documentary filmmakers and cinematographers has started in…
Mohammad Rasoulof: Organised and Legalised Killings is an Apt Description of the Death Penalty in Iran
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) - Award-winning independent filmmaker, Mohammad Rasoulof has penned the foreword to the 2021 Annual Report on…
Women Round on Iran’s Cinema House for Inaction Over Sexual Violence
Iranwire - On Thursday, March 31, some 300 of women working in Iranian cinema published a joint letter of protest against behind-the-scenes…
Oscar-Winning Filmmaker Asghar Farhadi Summoned to Court in Plagiarism Case
Iranwire - A former student of Oscar-winning Iranian film director Asghar Farhadi says Farhadi has now been summoned to court in Tehran…
Iran cancels concert over women musicians
Iran-HRM - Iranian authorities have cancelled a music concert because three members of the band were women. The concert of…