Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With the rise of avant-garde filmmakers in the 1960s, Iran’s New Wave emerged, marked by the works of pioneers like Ebrahim ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook I got my first taste of Persian rap in the backseat of my friend’s car, flying through the ...

In a cosy sound-proof recording studio, housed in a decrepit building in central Tehran, Felakat lounges on a chair, surrounded by sound mixers. Sporting a tousled black shirt and a rumpled-and-spiky ...

The rise of a post-hijab aesthetic and rejections of linear narratives and techniques have given way to a new Iranian underground cinema. Here's a deep dive into its evolution. With the rise of ...