A major element of success for some Iranian diaspora musicians is nostalgia. The challenge for these artists is how to continuously repackage the sound of

An unhappily married couple break up in this complex, painful, fascinating Iranian drama by writer-director Asghar Farhadi, with explosive results that expose a network of personal and

The director of About Elly hits hard again with the Nader and Simin, A Separation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nader_and_Simin,_A_Separation) , which won three awards at the last Berlin Film Festival. It is an incredible gear which we did attend the Iranian director Asghar Farhadi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asghar_Farhadi , after a man and a woman decided to separate. The reason

Majid is a mentally handicapped man living with his mother and step brother. He has ajob working in a party rental shop for Habib. Majid

A 1983 political thriller shot entirely in and around New York City, THE MISSION was the first feature directed by Parviz Sayyad following his exile

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Iranian film community announced their support for the head of Iran’s House of Cinema, Mohammad Mehdi Asgaripour, who has been under fierce attack from Ministry

In ancient Persia , poet Omar Khayyám (Vincent Price) wanders the streets in search of his friend, Sinbad(Dale Robertson), the son and namesake of the

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The Noruz Tradition By Mani Ardalan Farhadi Newton, Massachusetts This article was written as part of a thesis proposal on the Center for Persian Culture