Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper

A dramatized account of how the staff of the Canadian Embassy helped a group of American diplomats escape from Iran during the Iranian Revolution.

Iran 1944-1948

Inter-mixed with scenes shot of the film-maker’s personal life (people, gardens, flowers and street life) are sequences shot of the following popular tourist destinations: Persepolis, Khajou Bridge, Jame Mosque Isfahan,

Iran: Menschen im Krieg

Iran: Between Two Worlds

A short film on early 1950s Iran.

Mystic Iran: The Unseen World

Mystical practices in Iran. Shoreh Aghadashloo narrated this documentary. Explores practices rarely if ever seen on film before.

Iran: Everything Forbidden, Anything Possible

For young people in Iran, it can seem that everything is forbidden. Even wearing ties or owning a dog risks the wrath of the "Gasht e Ershad" - the virtue police. But after 40 years of theocracy, Iranians have learned to

A Dying King: The Shah of Iran

On January 16, 1979, the then Shah of Iran, left Iran commencing what became a 19-month odyssey to exile in Egypt, Morocco, Bahamas, Mexico, US, Panama, and back to Egypt again where he passed away. His death had profoun

Karun – The Longest River of Iran

On September 22, 1998, the Iranian poet Hamid Hajizadeh and his nine-year-old son Karun, whose name symbolically refers to Iran's longest river, were brutally murdered in their home in Kerman. The documentary film, based

Coverup: Behind the Iran Contra Affair

Coverup: Behind the Iran Contra Affair is the third feature-length documentary produced by the Empowerment Project. The shadow government of assassins, arms dealers, drug smugglers, former CIA operatives and top US milit

Israel and Iran: The Hidden War

For years, Israel and Iran have been involved in an escalating hidden war, a conflict played out in the shadows, on land, air and sea, with tit-for-tat attacks that avoided open clashes. But they are now becoming more co

The Little Travelers: Iran

Join the Little Travelers as they explore the Islamic Republic of Iran and learn about a country many Americans know very little about. Ride camels, learn Persian rug making, and help remove rocks from baked breads at a

Iran The New Persia

Iran The New Persia is a documentary movie about Iran in 1947

Sexual Revolution in Iran

The sexual revolution has been occurred in the West many years ago. Today it is going to happen in Iran

Inside A Closed Iran

They were the first to rise up against their leaders in 2009: the first to document the fall-out of their failed revolution online. Now, Iran has closed itself off to the Western press. For the past two years, Manon Loiz

Iran: The Forgotten Glory

An inquiry into Persian history.

Iran: A Revolution Betrayed

Examines the aftermath of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, highlighting how the movement for change was overtaken by strict Islamic rule. The documentary explores the disillusionment of those who initially supported the revo

Strike on Iran: The Nuclear Question

Using rare on-the-ground access in Iran and in-depth forensic analysis, FRONTLINE, The Washington Post, Evident Media and Bellingcat conduct an immersive investigation of Iran’s nuclear program in the aftermath of the U.

Farzaneye Faroutane Iran Madare Ma

A review of the life and works of the great professor of Iranology, literature and manuscripts, Iraj Afshar. In this documentary we watch interviews with various Iranian and foreign professors and experts, including: Jaf

Iran 1979: Legacy of a Revolution

What is the legacy of Iran’s Islamic revolution and how does it affect Iranian society more than three decades later?

Iran Massacre: Hippocratic Oath

This documentary features footage and accounts of wounded protesters being shot at close range in hospitals, security forces storming medical facilities, and the home treatment of the injured due to the fear of arrest. I