In the weeks since the U.S. and Israel began bombarding Iran, President Donald Trump repeatedly justified the strikes by claiming Iran had posed an imminent nuclear threat. But months earlier, in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the wake of winning the top documentary prize at Cannes, director Pegah Ahangarani‘s Rehearsals for a Revolution has been ...

With no end in sight to the ongoing war in Iran - both Iran and the U.S. this week seized ships trying to move through the Strait of Hormuz - the country's filmmakers say they feel both "under attack" ...

In Rome on the evening of April 4, as Iran was being pounded by U.S. and Israeli missiles, a large crowd celebrated the Persian new year in the Eternal City’s Alcazar club dancing to Middle East beats ...

Cutting Through Rocks, Daria's Night Flowers, Iranian cinema, It Was Just an Accident, Jafar Panahi, Maryam Tafakory, Sara Shahverdi, Spring 2026 The people of Iran find themselves suspended in a ...

The Iranian film crew behind "Roya", which recounts the torment and trauma of a political prisoner in Tehran's Evin prison, urged the Iranian people "not to be forgotten" at the film's German premiere ...

Marjane Satrapi will be remembered for her eye-opening film Persepolis which transformed not only Westerners but also exiled ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Voices inside the country decry the toll on civilians and cinema, while exiled filmmakers warn they’ve been shut out of Iran’s future. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief With no end in sight to ...