For more than a decade, after the government of Iran deemed his work “propaganda against the system,” the filmmaker Jafar ...

Panâhi's latest film, "It Was Just an Accident," is the French submission for Best International Feature at the 2026 Academy Awards and one of the best-reviewed films of the year, with a 97% rating ...

The intense mutual admiration of Martin Scorsese and Jafar Panahi was evident today as the American and Iranian directors embraced at length. Panahi bowed to “a god of cinema.” Scorsese challenged ...

It appears that Panahi's application for a visa to enter the United States has been stalled due to the federal budget impasse, which began Wednesday, Oct. 1, when Republicans and Democrats failed to ...

Iranian director Jafar Panahi puts a lot on the line for his work. Authorities could again arrest him for speaking out against the country’s hard-line regime. They could send him back to the ...

Director Mary Darling uses a Baha’i heroine’s persecution in Iran to explore moral courage, forgiveness and the hope of a ...

That is but one of the moral questions raised in Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s hard-hitting, sometimes funny and ...

Director Jafar Panahi spoke with NBC News about how his time in prison shaped his new film, which debuted in limited release in North America this weekend.

Filmmaker Jafar Panahi reveals why he used humor to highlight the real-life horror of Iran's Regime in ‘It Was Just an ...

“What else is left for them to do that they haven’t done yet?” asks resilient Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who was sentenced to six years in prison for “propaganda against the system” after planning ...

Panahi’s masterwork of a revenge thriller exactingly traces how evil, once inflicted, metastasizes within our souls and ...

Iran has unveiled a new subway station in Tehran called Maryam-e Moqaddas, meaning Holy Virgin Mary, sparking global discussion about faith, symbolism and the country’s image. The station, adorned ...