Asia Iran Filmed secretly by women and men, the film 'Nasrin', a portrait of human rights activist and political prisoner Nasrin Sotoudeh, among the 100 most influential people of 2021 according to The Times, is now available on streaming platforms
Asia Iran Iran analyst Omid Memarian, in Eye for Iran, presents the dramatic cultural opening sweeping across Iran as a bottom-up movement driven by a young generation that is less willing to be intimidated, not as a government reform
Asia Iran Iranian short film “Sheep”, written, directed, and produced by Hadi Babaeifar, won a prize at the 11th annual Asian World Film Festival AWFF in California, USA; Babaeifar also received a scholarship to the New York Film Academy
Asia Iran Tehran's state-appointed Friday prayer leader said that defiance of the Islamic veil was synonym of collaboration with Israel and the US, urging "all women to consider their faith and country”
Asia Iran The upcoming opening of Tehran’s new Saint Mary Metro station has sparked both celebration and controversy: hailed by some as a gesture of interfaith harmony and dismissed by others as a hollow publicity stunt to polish Iran’s image abroad