Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Posters of Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris in front of the National Assembly in Paris. (REUTERS - Abdul Saboor) French citizens ...

Cannes winner Jafar Panahi addressed his recent Iran prison sentence while speaking at the Marrakech Film Festival in Morocco, saying he plans to return to his country as soon as he finishes his Oscar ...

Thousands of Iranian protesters were arrested in the months after the death of Mahsa Amini in 2022, following her arrest for improperly wearing her hijab. Many spent time at the notorious Evin prison ...

At two THR-hosted panels at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, international Oscar contenders discussed repression in Iran, war in Gaza and the personal risks behind their most urgent films ...

Carlisle Rivera, who prosecutors say was hired as part of a murder-for-hire plot to assassinate Iranian dissident Masih ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday accused Iranian authorities of causing three women to perish in Qarchak prison after systematic denial of adequate medical care, raising serious concerns over right ...

CAIRO(AP) — Iran has sentenced acclaimed director Jafar Panahi to a year in prison in absentia, even as he received new awards for his latest movie. The Tehran court also imposed a two-year ban on ...

NEW YORK — No one at Monday’s 35th annual Gotham Awards was riding a bigger emotional roller coaster than Jafar Panahi. Hours before the ceremony that many consider the unofficial start of Oscars ...

Iran has sentenced Palme d’Or-winning filmmaker Jafar Panahi in absentia to one year in prison and a travel ban. Iranian film director and screenwriter Jafar Panahi ...