Golshifteh Farahani, the famous Iranian actress, musician and singer who left Iran many years ago and now lives in Paris, France. Since moving to Paris, she has worked with different directors including Roland Joffe, Hiner Saleem and Marjane Satrapi. She has also been a member of the international jury at the 63rd Locarno Film Festival and the interesting news has ...

This biennial festival is the world’s largest celebration of Iranian arts and culture. And they certainly have packed the weekend with talks, screenings, performances worth seeing. From an animated feature about a young Iranian-Chinese-Canadian poet starring Sandra Oh to Les Ballets Persans, there’s a long line-up of events Tirgan is more than just a festival. Tirgan is about building communities. ...

The late Hollywood actress Elizabeth Taylor(1932-2011)  travelled to Iran in 1976. She visited Tehran, Isfahan, Mashad, Shiraz and the remains of Persepolis

A terrifying wooden bridge in China has just been replaced by a glass one. This, the world’s longest glass-bottomed walkway, is located in Shiniuzhai Geopark in Hunan, and spans 300m (984f) and is 180m (590f) above ground.

The most expensive film in Iran’s history is about the childhood of the prophet Muhammad. The most expensive Iranian movie of all time directed by Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi screened at Iran’s cinemas on August 26.