Headlines out of Iran often focus on economic and political strife, and earlier this year the country’s war with Israel. But ...

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

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi about his new movie, "It Was Just An Accident." Panahi made the film right after being released from Iranian prison.

His most recent movie, the Palme d'Or-winning 'It Was Just an Accident,' is only the latest of a 30-year career that's thrown the filmmaker obstacles at every turn.

A serious, often surprisingly comic, search for truth in contemporary Tehran, “Accident” begins as a man accidentally encounters the torturer who destroyed his health and continues to haunt ...

Iranian filmmaker Ebrahim Mokhtari will serve as the president of the international jury of the 4th New Persian Images Festival, where a number of films from Iran will be screened.

Iranian director Jafar Panahi, whose latest film won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival, told AFP he would continue to ...

It Was Just an Accident' director Jafar Panahi had to skip the New York Film Festival because his visa couldn't be processed ...

While Panahi admitted that there were times where the odds were too great and that it felt plenty reasonable to give up, he ...

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 ...