A very useful deep-dive into some of that crucial history comes in the form of a remarkably informative, outstandingly well-produced, riveting documentary currently showing on PBS PBS +2.4% ...

“Coup 53” and “Desert One” both deal with those connections in a glancing manner, but their focus is on detailed examinations of crucial events in the troubled history between Iran and the ...

Indian filmmaker Sreemoyee Singh on her Iran documentary 'And, Towards Happy Alleys,' featuring Jafar Panahi, premiering at the Berlin Film Festival.

The short documentary from writer Gregg Hurwitz, an admirer of Peterson’s, focuses on post-1979 revolutionary Iran and the ideology that sparked the current regime.

The history of Iran, once known as Persia, stretches back thousands of years, shaped by powerful empires, strategic military ...

“Coup 53” is one of two documentaries about U.S.-Iran history arriving this week; the other, Desert One, takes place nearly twenty-five years later, depicting the disastrous failed rescue ...

The documentary “Cutting Through Rocks,” directed by Iranian filmmakers Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni will compete in the ...

But in April of 1980, with diplomacy failing to win a release of the hostages, Carter finally agreed to a secret mission to try and rescue the 52 men. Barbara Kopple's documentary "Desert One ...

Hossein Dehbashi, a 43-year-old Iranian documentary filmmaker, is making a splash in Tehran by giving voice to some of the most controversial figures in Iran: high officials and leading lights of ...

France, Britain and Germany have threatened to trigger the “snapback mechanism” that automatically reimposes all United ...