Matthew Rankin’s whimsical, cerebral comedy takes place in a version of the northern nation that is full of Iranian ...

A lightly satirical and surrealist comedy imagines the snowy Canadian city in the style of the Iranian New Wave.

Abbas Kiarostami wasn’t the first Iranian director to explore these binaries, often by using moviemaking itself as a ...

Written and directed by director Matthew Rankin, the comedy presents a Persian-language-inflected Canada, getting at timely ...

A senior Hamas official in Iran on Monday criticized the current U.S. administration's approach to international relations as ...

Two Christians who were released from prison in Iran in 2022 and 2023 respectively were re-arrested last Thursday, advocacy ...

His “Universal Language” takes place in Winnipeg, Manitoba, but the culture is entirely Iranian. Farsi is the spoken tongue.

We look at "Universal Language," a new movie that follows three storylines in a city that is a cross between Winnipeg and Tehran.

A Chainalysis report revealed that sanctioned entities received $15.8 billion in crypto in 2024, accounting for 39% of ...

While the Farsi-language sections of these media outlets have faced criticism for not adhering to international journalistic standards, they remain influential in Iran. Iranian authorities have ...