Once again, an outstanding Iranian woman has made Iran and Iranians everywhere proud. The Oscar nomination of Shohreh Aghdashloo for Best Supporting Actress in the

Last week, I had the opportunity to attend a sneak preview of House of Sand and Fog. I'm one of those people who don't particularly

Gow, Christopher, From Iran to Hollywood and Some Places in-Between: Reframing Post-Revolutionary Iranian Cinema, I. B. Tauris, 2011. Summary: An outsider’s view of domestic and

In 2008, a group of individuals mostly composed of wealthy businessmen and lawyers came together and formed PAAIA, an organization which in its own words

A Timeline of of Iranians and Oscars Nominations (Hopefully have not missed anyone) Habib Zargarpour – Best Visual Effects – TWISTER – 1996 Darius Khondji

Constitutionalist Student Shahram Aryan’s First series of talks on the First decade of the Iranian “Republic” entitled “From Khomeiny to Rafsanjani”. Shahram Aryan argues that contrary to

A chilling vision of the House of Saddam Hussein comes to life in the Devil’s Double through the eyes of the man who was forced

BBC Hard Talk with historian Dr. Mashallah Ajoudani member of the Library of Iranian Studies. The Topic is the role of Intellectuals and the Revolution

There is now a new semi-documentary, semi-science fiction propaganda film in the US, entitled Iranium (Iran + Uranium). As an Iranian-American, after watching the film,

Tell Iran to reverse its harsh sentence imposed on acclaimed film director Jafar Panahi.   Tell Iran to reverse its harsh sentence imposed on acclaimed

Last week I saw the movie Women Without Men which I’ll write a review for later in another blog.  In this blog I want to talk

Various Iranian Personalities express their views on the Late Shapour Bakhtiar and on his intellectual, political and secular legacy of Resistance. Hadi Khorsandi, Ramin Kamran, Mahshid

Nazy Kaviani writes: Houshang Touzie and Shohreh Aghdashloo were absolutely mesmerizing on the stage of San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts. From the first few

   Last night I watched a play called An Iranian in Heaven, yek irani dar behest, a comedy that was multi-dimensional on several levels. A

Shohreh Aghdashloo and Houshang Touzie backstage at the San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts, getting ready to go onstage.   This is just a quick

I watched The stoning of Soraya M., alone and on streaming video online because no one wanted to watch it with me, too queasy. It

My friend, Shohreh Aghdashloo, had graciously invited me to attend a special screening of HBO’s documentary, “For Neda”.  I had already seen the documentary but

FOR NEDA is a documentary film written, directed and produced by award-winning filmmaker Antony Thomas. Iranian journalist Saeed Kamali Dehghan worked secretly inside Iran to

FOR NEDA TELLS THE PERSONAL STORY OF NEDA AGHA-SOLTAN, WHO BECAME THE ICONIC SYMBOL OF IRAN’S 2009 POST-ELECTION PROTESTS, AND EXPLORES THE LARGER IRANIAN STRUGGLE

In an article dated April 29, 2010 published by Times-CNN magazine, Iranian actress Shohreh Aghdashloo refers to Martin Luther King’s remark where he said “Let

On April 29, 2010, Ms. Shohreh Aghdashloo (Iranian Actress) wrote a short tribute for praising Mir Hossein Mousavi, Islamic republic’s presidential candidate for “bringing hope

When a Middle Eastern cultural center announced a special cast-and-crew screening of a film about stoning in Iran, coming up on April 15, 2010, local

Over the past few years an increasing number of activists, journalists, and ordinary citizens have been arbitrarily detained, sentenced, and even executed. The domestic unrest

Respect is earned, not forced at gunpoint Few things make my blood boil as much as remembering the assassination of Theo Van Gogh for his