Tehran is the capital of Iran, the world’s only significant theocracy, and the largest city in West Asia, with a population of 15 million. Located in west Asia, Iran has eight foreign borders and ...

Even after winning the Palme d’Or at Cannes for It Was Just an Accident, Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi remains a man who cannot work in the open. His latest film, a daring, darkly comic meditation on ...

Iran’s foreign minister said his country would halt plans for a reinstatement of nuclear inspections at a time of heightened ...

Duality,” the new hybrid feature written, directed and produced by Iranian filmmaker Abbas Nezamdoost world-premiered this ...

Exiled Iranian-American activist Masih Alinejad came face-to-face Wednesday with the two gangsters who brazenly sent a bumbling hitman to her Brooklyn home to kill her — proclaiming “they couldn’t ...

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Massoud Bakhshi investigates ethics of home footage documentary with 'All My Sisters,' built upon almost two decades of ...

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AL-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...