Jafar Panahi reminded Jon Stewart to be grateful for his First Amendment rights, noting the comedian would likely be executed for the same jokes in Iran. “I was watching your show now,” the “It Was ...

Jafar Panahi’s dissident films. His films show how a regime’s wrongdoing can upend one’s sense of self and transform the very rhythm of daily life. Jafar Panahi, 2010. The photographs of Eugène Atget ...

Authorities in Iran have arrested the Oscar-nominated screenwriter Mehdi Mahmoudian in Tehran. Mahmoudian co-wrote the film It Was Just an Accident with dissident director Jafar Panahi, and their film ...

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Presented by Rolex | Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi talks about his journey in filmmaking and discusses the story behind his latest Oscar-nominated film 'It Was Just an Accident.' Jafar Panahi’s It ...

This March, Jafar Panahi could win his first Oscar. But the decorated Iranian filmmaker—whose masterful It Was Just an Accident has already won numerous awards this season—is struggling to celebrate ...

"It Was Just an Accident" from Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi is nominated for the Best International Feature Film and Best Original Screenplay Oscars. Jeffrey Brown met with Panahi to talk about his ...

With Iran gripped by nationwide protests that activists say have left at least 2,600 people dead, we recently spoke with renowned Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, whose latest film, It Was Just an ...

Jafar Panahi, director, “It Was Just An Accident” at TheWrap’s Portrait Studio during the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2025 (Photo by Austin Hargrave for TheWrap) Iranian ...

At two THR-hosted panels at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, international Oscar contenders discussed repression in Iran, war in Gaza and the personal risks behind their most urgent films ...

As an internet shutdown in Iran cuts off protesters and other citizens from the rest of the world, Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof are calling for intervention from the global community. In a joint ...

In Jafar Panahi’s acclaimed thriller “It Was Just an Accident,” it’s a distinct sound that alerts Vahid (Vahid Mobasseri), a mechanic, that the man who tortured him in prison might be dangerously ...