Somali pirates have hijacked an Iranian fishing boat called the Azini with 23 people on board. The Maritime Security Center ...

Iranian short film ‘Warden’ clinched the Best Short Film and Best International Short Film awards at the 13th Leiria International Short Film Festival in Portugal, marking the first time the ...

Tehran has begun seizing the assets of an acclaimed Iranian film director after a court sentenced him to more than five years in prison.

Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has been sentenced to over five years in prison, with his assets confiscated. The grounds for the ruling remain unclear, and the sente ...

The latest sentence was handed down in absentia, according to Panahi’s lawyer, Mostafa Nili, who spoke to Iranian reformist media outlet Emtedad.

And few have borne the brunt of that repressive regime’s censorship more than filmmaker Jafar Panahi, who this week was ...

The latest ruling follows a December 2025 conviction for “propaganda activities against the regime”, which carried a one-year ...

Iran has sentenced acclaimed film director Jafar Panahi to five years and one month in prison, following his return to the ...

Acclaimed Iranian film director Jafar Panahi has been sentenced to another lengthy prison term, according to a media report. A Revolutionary Court in Tehran sentenced the 66-year-old filmmaker to ...

"It Was Just an Accident" director Jafar Panahi has been sentenced to 61 months in prison by the Iranian Revolutionary Court ...

The Cannes-winning ‘It Was Just an Accident’ director, having returned to Iran after the Oscars, also had a Tehran ...

Taking place from October 6th to 15th, 2026 in South Korea, the 31st Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) continues to affirm its role as one of the important venues for Asian cinema. According to ...