Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “The immediate feeling is, it’s a huge, huge relief,” says Max Amini. The Iranian-American comedian is Zooming in from his home in ...

In Rome on the evening of April 4, as Iran was being pounded by U.S. and Israeli missiles, a large crowd celebrated the Persian new year in the Eternal City’s Alcazar club dancing to Middle East beats ...

In late March 2012, when Iran was under threat of attack by the Obama administration, the World Socialist Web Site published a perspective on the Iranian film A Separation, directed by Asghar Farhadi.

The feature film debut from Iranian-French director Mahsa Karampour about her and her brother, a former member of indie rock ...

As chosen by the directors Mira Nair, Jafar Panahi, Kleber Mendonça Filho and Akinola Davies Jr. By Lovia Gyarkye A scene from Satyajit Ray’s “Jalsaghar” (“The Music Room,” 1958). The Criterion ...

The comedian, who claimed the No. 1 special on all platforms last year, has long played his dual cultures for laughs. But as the conflict gets deadly serious, he says what the world needs now, more ...