"The breadth and evolution of this year’s program was a true reflection of our commitment to meeting filmmakers' shifting needs," says head of IFFR Pro Marten Rabarts.

Crisosto Apache was recently named Colorado's newest Poet Laureate and on Tuesday, Denver7 anchor Shannon Ogden got the chance to speak with them.

Over three years after the suspicious death of Jina Mahsa Amini sparked a nationwide protest movement in Iran, artists continue to fuel creative resistance.

The incident in Kotdwar, Uttarakhand, has once again shamed civilized society. This incident has raised many questions: Is ...

Arash Azizi imagines a democratic, inclusive Iran after the 2022 protests—where culture, freedom, and pluralism can finally ...

The American and Iranian leaders are complete enigmas to each other—and the asymmetry in their beliefs is driving the crisis ...

In 1976, longtime Village Voice columnist Nat Hentoff looked at the state torturing and killing its own citizens under the Shah of Iran.

He went out for freedom,” said the cousin of one of those who was killed when Iranian authorities mounted a deadly crackdown ...

Iran’s internet blackout is yet another act of state violence.

In November 2025, Omid Sarlak, a young man living in western Iran, posted a video on social media showing himself setting fire to a photograph of Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Just hours after the ...

The Valley: Persian Style's series premiere kicked off with some old friends — Mercedeh Javid, Golnesa Gharachedaghi, and Reza Farahan — explaining how they'd moved to a new zip code. In addition to ...

Cello, harp and rhythmic dance echoed in the VAPA center in uptown Charlotte Thursday night as people gathered to celebrate an ancient Persian festival marking the winter solstice. At the Nine ...