Iranian films continue to show up where one might least expect, and I was delighted to stumble upon their inclusion in a film festival in
For the fist time ever, Iran will be represented at next year’s prestigious Art Basel fair. Among the 249 galleries participating in the sixth annual Art
1) Iran and India Should Work On More Films Together, says Gholamreza Ansari The Iranian ambassador to India, Gholamreza Ansari, recently spoke about the future
When Lia Fallah moved from Iran to Canada with her mother, Zohreh, in 2011, she joined the wave of newcomers making Canada home. Over 80%
For her latest digital installation, Raheleh Filsoofi, the interdisciplinary Florida-based artist, has conjured up a multi-media close-to-scale reconstruction of the music room of Ālī Qāpū,
1) Documentary ‘Lady Touran’ Finishes Shooting, Celebrates the Life of Touran Mirhadi Touran Mirhadi, devoted teacher and co-founder of the Children’s Book Council, will be
Teenage actress Yara Shahidi has continued her path as a reliably rising newcomer, and her new show Grown-ish—the spinoff of the popular Black-ish—has finally been
Six Iranian artists have been selected as finalists for the Golden Pinwheel International Young Illustrators Competition in Shanghai, China. The Golden Pinwheel International Young Illustrators
I sneak into Mehran Khaghani’s weekly comedy show surreptitiously, thinking that I’ve successfully avoided attention. But, like anyone else seated in Pink’s that night, he
The first art festival for Persian speakers living in Europe is slated to take place in Paris, France in January, 2018. “This exhibition gives a
Iranian born film director Ali Atshani’s upcoming comedy 1st Born has wrapped up filming in Los Angeles. In addition to the star power of director Atshani,
1) Iranian-Armenian Film ‘Yeva’ Submitted To Oscars Part of the aforementioned 92 films submitted for consideration of the Best Foreign Film Oscar, Yeva is an
As coverage continues to filter through the biggest news from New York Comic Con, one particular story started to bubble up this week: Iranian-American actress
Stencils were just the beginning for Icy and Sot, two Iranian street artist brothers who left Tabriz in 2012 for New York City. In the
After Eshrat Khanum left our house for good, my auntie, always well-informed about the gossip and the past history of everyone in our lane, told
Hi! In this new column at The Iranian, we’re going to cover the week’s biggest and/or most interesting Iranian movie news, with stories taken from
Afarin Rahmanifar, who grew up in Tehran, Iran, moved with her family to the United States in 1989, 10 years after the Iranian revolution. The
Congratulations to Iranian director Seyyed Moslem Tabatabai, whose animation ‘Light Sight’ won the Best Student Film Award at the 9th Wimbledon International Short Film Festival
Baha’i poet Mahvash Sabet, who was jailed for nearly a decade in Iran, has been selected as the 2017 International Writer of Courage. Northern Ireland
Iranian film continues to make headlines, this time with a special recognition for Iranian actress Leila Hatami. In a curated list of performances that include
Residents of both Seattle and Isfahan will sit down for a carefully designed dinner this Thursday, taking part in a unique and rather unprecedented cultural
The North American Iranian Friendship Society (NAIFS) presented the United States Sports Academy’s American Sport Art Museum & Archives (ASAMA) a bronze sculpture of the
If you do a web search for Azita Moradkhani, you’re likely to first find images of lingerie. The young artist, currently stationed in Utica in
Iranian filmmaker Shirin Neshat has narratives and tensions to share, and her upcoming film Looking for Oum Kulthum looks to join her previous work as
Iran is a land of poets A powerhouse of talented actors and creative design comes together in Ann Marie Fleming’s Window Horses, an animated feature
