Rotterdam Festival Head Says ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ Actor Soheila Golestani Is ‘Victim of Oppression’ Following Travel Ban
Soheila Golestani, the Iranian actor who stars in Mohammad Rasoulof’s Oscar-nominated drama “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” has ...
Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha, directors of 'My Favourite Cake,' forbidden from leaving Iran
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Are Donald Trump’s first Iran sanctions moves the start of ‘maximum pressure’ or ‘art of the deal’?
The new sanctions came just days after Trump ordered the federal government to put “maximum pressure” on Iran — renewing a ...
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Iranian-Jewish actor explores culture, universal family themes in ‘Avaaz’
Michael Shayan, in flowing caftan, spends much of the performance in the guise of his own larger-than-life Iranian-Jewish ...
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Rotterdam Festival Head Says ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ Actor Soheila Golestani Is ‘Victim of Oppression’ Following Travel Ban
Soheila Golestani, the Iranian actor who stars in Mohammad Rasoulof’s Oscar-nominated drama “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” has been banned from leaving Iran to serve on the Tiger Competition ...