Iran’s military signals that conflict could erupt again. Senior commander Mohammad Jafar Asadi has warned that a renewed war ...

“I’m going to go to prison for a year, and I’ll come out with a new script.” Before his recent return to his homeland, iconic Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi understood the risks. He has spent decades ...

Stephen Colbert had his funniest “I’m looking for a new gig after May” joke this week, and I don’t think it will ever be topped. It happened when he was talking to CNN national-security analyst Brett ...

Exactly a month before the Academy Awards, the Iranian director Jafar Panahi, whose latest film, “It Was Just an Accident,” is up for Best International Feature, headed north on Chrystie Street ...

He also discusses the production challenges of filming in Iran illegally and calls for solidarity with its people. Taylor Gates is an Indiana native who earned her BFA in Creative Writing from the ...

Panahi has won top prize at the three major European film festivals Latest film "It Was Just a Simple Accident' nominated for two Oscars Panahi plans return to Iran after Oscar campaign despite prison ...

Jafar Panahi’s dissident films. His films show how a regime’s wrongdoing can upend one’s sense of self and transform the very rhythm of daily life. Jafar Panahi, 2010. The photographs of Eugène Atget ...

Don Darryl Rivera originated the role of Iago in Aladdin on Broadway in 2014 and calls it his dream job A lifelong Disney fan, Rivera loves playing the villain and keeps the role fresh by matching the ...

Authorities in Iran have arrested the Oscar-nominated screenwriter Mehdi Mahmoudian in Tehran. Mahmoudian co-wrote the film It Was Just an Accident with dissident director Jafar Panahi, and their film ...

Presented by Rolex | Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi talks about his journey in filmmaking and discusses the story behind his latest Oscar-nominated film 'It Was Just an Accident.' Jafar Panahi’s It ...

"It Was Just an Accident" from Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi is nominated for the Best International Feature Film and Best Original Screenplay Oscars. Jeffrey Brown met with Panahi to talk about his ...

Jafar Panahi, director, “It Was Just An Accident” at TheWrap’s Portrait Studio during the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2025 (Photo by Austin Hargrave for TheWrap) Iranian ...