Canadian guy travels to Iran (early 2009) to check out their movie culture.  Links to part 1, part 2, part 3 (although at the end

A 2007 short animation by Maryam Mohajer depicting socialization in a 1985 Iranian bomb shelter.  It won the 2008 best animation award at the Festival

The kind of debates presented below would not be considered all that noteworthy, but rather routine, in any society where meaningful debates on state policies

88-year-old Israeli peace activist, writer and former member of their parliament (the Knesset), Uri Avnery, rules out an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities in

Jon Stewart’s attempt at settling the Israeli-Palestinian dispute ends in disaster for the Nova Scotians: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p

Apparently, these video reports on rural Khuzestan were produced by Iranian TV, but dunno when.

Longer interview with Akbar Ganji, complementary to http://iranian.com/main/2011/sep/parazit-akbar…, on his views and his experiences with the IRI:

If you prefer English over Persian, or if, due to his ailment, Yarshater’s speech is difficult to understand, turn on the subtitles (by clicking on

Yesterday Iran announced that it would participate in the 2012 London Olympics, despite its earlier strong objection to the odious Zionist promotion implied by the

Hamid Dabashi of Columbia U. has been appearing on several interviews saying that the IRI is imploding. TheRealNews on 2/21/11: Democracy Now! on 2/21/11: part