Artist Bita Ghezelayagh points pens and roses at Iran’s repressive regime
Al-Monitor — Last year’s deadly protests in Iran over the death in police custody of a young Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, have…
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Dissident Iranian Composer Receives UN Award for “Courageous” Work
Iranwire - A dissident Iranian composer who has been jailed three times for his music has won the United Nations’…
Iranian Activists Draw Parallels Between Recent Killing Of Filmmaker, Previous Political Murders
RFL/RE - Some activists and opposition figures in Iran have drawn parallels between the recent killing of acclaimed Iranian director…
Iranian Singer Ghorbani, Who Uses Female Musicians On Stage, Sees Concerts Canceled
RFL/RE - Prominent Iranian singer Alireza Ghorbani has revealed that authorities in the city of Isfahan have declined to grant him…
Iran In Shock By Mysterious Murder Of Renowned Filmmaker
iranintl - The gruesome murder of celebrated Iranian director Dariush Mehrjui and his wife at their home near Tehran has…
Prominent Iranian Film Director Dariush Mehrjui, Wife Stabbed to Death
VOA - One of Iran's most prominent filmmakers, Dariush Mehrjui, was stabbed to death Saturday evening alongside his wife at…
Iranian Poet Bodaghi Called to Serve Prison Sentence
Iranwire - Iranian authorities have ordered a poet and writer who has actively supported the "Woman, Life, Freedom" protest movement…
Iranian Film Associations Decry Crackdown on Artists
Iranwire - Two independent Iranian film associations have condemned the arrest of artists in Iran amid a broadening crackdown on…
Bringing the Shahnameh into the 21st Century
Iranwire - Multi-disciplinary artist Hamid Rahmanian has his wife Melissa Hibbard to thank for kickstarting the enterprise that has occupied…
Notebooks with Walt Disney Characters Banned in Iran
Iranwire - The Iranian authorities have imposed a ban on the sale of notebooks with covers featuring Walt Disney characters,…