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Film and Theatre
Leonardo Faierman

TV Princess Medalion Rahimi

Young Iranian-American actress Medalion Rahimi has been learning to be herself, and it’s been landing her roles. From her start as a young model and

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Film and Theatre
REORIENT

The Nights Of Zayandeh-Rood

Nearly thirty years later, Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s heavily censored film is finding new audiences A year after Ayatollah Khomeini’s death in 1989, and in the wake of

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The 10 Best Iranian Films Of 2015
Arts and Literature
Zara Knox

The 10 Best Iranian Films Of 2015

As the world reverberated with the news of Iran’s lifted sanctions, the Fajr International Film Festival recently unveiled its official selection of films for 2016.

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Arts and Literature
Ari Siletz

Film Review: The Iran Job

It was  amusing and a bit odd to watch the crowd of spectators in an Iranian basketball arena chanting “Kevin, Kevin.” Rarely in U.S. media

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Arts and Literature
Asal Gheysari

Backseat Tehran

Backseat Tehran is a 9 minute car ride experience through the streets of Tehran. The footage was taken with a hand held ipad camera in

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