Iranian filmmaker Kambuzia Partovi dies at 65 due to COVID-19
Payvand.com - Veteran Director and Scriptwriter Kambuzia Partovi died of COVID-19 on Tuesday. He was 65. Partovi, the prominent director…
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“Sun Children” to represent Iran at Oscars 2021
Payvandnews - "Sun Children", directed by Majid Majidi, has been selected to represent Iran in the upcoming 93rd Academy Awards. Sun…
Source: Female Iranian Filmmaker Jailed Since 2018 Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
VOA - An Iranian filmmaker jailed since 2018 for her work and criticism of the government has been sentenced to…
Angry TV film-makers stop release of lauded Iranian documentary
theguardian.com - Coup 53 was heralded by critics this summer as a “powerful and authoritative” documentary “as gripping as any thriller”,…
Iran’s #MeToo movement makes waves in Toronto as calls mount for festival to cut ties with celebrated artist
CBC.ca - More than 850 sign petition for Tirgan to cut ties with Aydin Aghdashloo after allegations of sexual assault…
Iranian Drag Queen Amir Vashtani’s Life Gets Documentary Treatment
Radiofarda - The life story of a man who built his entire life and world on dancing in women's clothing…
Cyrus the Great Day
Shabtabnews - Today in accordance with an unofficial holiday in Iran that takes place on 7th of Aban, the eighth month on the Iranian…
Shajarian’s Memorial Destroyed In Mashhad
Radiofarda - The trunk of a tree in Mashhad Mellat Park, on which a young artist had carved a portrait…
Op-Ed: Americans helped my family emigrate from Iran. That kindness is what makes this country great
latimes.com - My first taste of American greatness was peanut butter. It was in 1965 or so, in Urmia, my…
Mohammad Reza Shajarian embodied the timeless beauty of Persian music
theguardian.com I vividly remember the first time I met Mohammad Reza Shajarian on a summer afternoon in Berlin in 2011.…