For Mohammad Rasoulof, the stakes couldn’t be higher. The award-winning Iranian director made his new movie, There Is No Evil, in secret, after his last film, A Man of Integrity, landed him a ...

Mohammad Rasoulof was facing eight years in prison and likely more considering the uncompromising nature of his latest film, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” when he decided to flee Iran.

Iranian writer-director Mohammad Rasoulof had been imprisoned multiple times by the authoritarian Iranian government for his films and his outspokenness about the regime. After he made his new ...

Filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof said his decision to flee Iran on foot this month was necessary with the release of his new film “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” imminent, and he knew while making the ...

The 82nd Venice Film Festival announced new additions to this year's competition jury, including actress Fernanda Torres and ...

Director Mohammad Rasoulof has fled to Europe after being sentenced to eight years of prison and flogging by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Court ahead of the Cannes premiere of his new film ...

The award-winning Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof has been sentenced to eight years in prison and lashings just ahead of his planned trip to the Cannes film festival, his lawyer told The ...

The European film industry has united behind Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof. Rasoulof, whose political drama There Is No Evil won the Golden Bear for best film at this year’s Berlin ...

“The Seed of the Sacred Fig” is a new film from director Mohammad Rasoulof. Seen here, left to right, are Soheila Golestani as Najmeh, Mahsa Rostami as Rezvan, and Setareh Maleki as Sana.