Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof is charting a new path in exile, looking toward animation and to films like "Universal ...

The name of Rasoulof’s film comes from his memory of an ancient fig tree he once visited on an island in the south of Iran.

Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof has been one of the leading newsmakers this year with his 28-day flight to freedom from ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Shortly before he was to be flogged and imprisoned for eight years, Mohammad Rasoulof fled Iran. His weekslong journey would take him from Tehran, through rural Iranian villages ...

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.

Shortly before he was to be flogged and imprisoned for eight years, Mohammad Rasoulof fled Iran. His weeks-long journey would take him from Tehran, through rural Iranian villages, on foot across a ...