Hillary Clinton Joins Public Campaign Against Iran’s Presence on UN Commission
By Firouzeh Nabavi
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton joined a group of Iranian-born activists and artists on Nov. 28 to demand that Iran be removed from the United Nations Commission on the...
Filmmaker Hassan Nazer’s ‘Winners,’ UK’s Submission for the Oscars, Is Released in Cinemas
By Firouzeh Nabavi
Scottish-Iranian director Hassan Nazer’s movie “Winners” (“Barandeha”) -- the UK’s submission for this year’s Academy Award for Best International Feature – has recently been released in UK movie theaters. The movie was...
British-Iranian Sarah Gharib Produces Documentary on Holocaust Memorial Day
By Firouzeh Nabavi
The Iranian-born journalist Sarah Gharib has just released a documentary about the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum — the monument built on the site of the Nazi concentration and extermination camp in Poland....
At Frieze LA, Artist Amir H. Fallah to Unveil Neon Billboard Inspired by Iran...
By Firouzeh Nabavi
A new artwork by the Iranian-born, Los Angeles-based contemporary artist Amir H. Fallah is set to be unveiled on the first day of the Frieze LA art fair on Feb. 17. The...
Artist Minoo Emami To Burn Her Own Paintings In Solidarity With Iranian Women’s Struggle
By Firouzeh Nabavi
The Iranian-born artist Minoo Emami plans to destroy a number of her early paintings in a sacrificial burning on the campus of the University of Hartford on November 11th.
Motivated by the sacrifices ...
At Sundance Festival, Directors Maryam Keshavarz, Noora Niasari Win Audience Awards
By Firouzeh Nabavi
Two female directors of Iranian descent – Maryam Keshavarz and Noora Niasari – won audience awards at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah, which ended Sunday.
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“The Persian Version,” directed by Keshavarz –...
France’s President, Politicians, Artists Show Strong Support For Iranian Protest Movement
By Firouzeh Nabavi
Since the start of the nationwide protests that broke out in Iran in mid-September, France's president, politicians and artists have been among the most powerful defenders of the movement. Slogans in support...
Norwegian Parliament President Masud Gharahkhani Supports Iran’s Democracy Movement
By Firouzeh Nabavi
The 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi, who is serving a 10-year prison sentence in Iran, was absent from the recent ceremony held in her honor in Oslo: Her Nobel Prize...
‘Revolution on Canvas’: Nicky Nodjoumi Movie Has European Premiere in London
By Firouzeh Nabavi
In 1980, a year after the Islamic Revolution, an exhibition of works by the painter Nicky Nodjoumi at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art was vandalized and shut down because of its...
