Known to his followers as the Caspian Chef, Omid Roustaei prepares to celebrate the Iranian new year with "Bitter + Sweet" ...

The film’s surrealism is not a new style for Rankin, whose 2019 directorial debut, “The Twentieth Century,” received positive reviews from critics as a surrealist black comedy. Even though “Universal ...

I was trying to get into her life,” Khalid Mehdiyev said of targeting activist Masih Alinejad. “I was trying to get the easy way to kill her.” ...

An Iranian sports climber, widely praised in 2022 for competing without a hijab at the height of nationwide protests, has ...

The language debate in India is flaring up again, and it takes me back to my journey. This story begins in 1999. Until the ...

On Wednesday, he received the remaining 74 lashes, his lawyer, Zahra Minuei, confirmed in a Farsi-language statement. "Today ... the last part of the sentence ... was fully and completely ...

Shadow edit campaigns and political disputes have created headaches for overwhelmed editors and administrators.

While the Farsi-language sections of these media outlets have faced criticism for not adhering to international journalistic standards, they remain influential in Iran. Iranian authorities have ...

At the crossroads of Iranian and Canadian culture, “Universal Language” is a unique mixture of surrealism and normalcy. The ...

Produced in an era crowded with movies about division, Matthew Rankin’s ‘Universal Language’ stands out for its generosity, for the way it insists that compassion is always possible, even in an estran ...