This great documentary starts from the presidential debates before the election and covers all of the major protests and events in the past 7 months.  Click Here to see all 3 parts. See More.

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Refreshing documentary by a young westerner in Iran for National Geographic. In 5 parts shows the rapping son of a mullah in Qom, basketball players from Texas, women taxi drivers, a hair salon, Koran Idol, vodka shot with Jewish antique dealer, among other things. Must see to get a feel for the dichotomy that is Iran. See More.

A glimpse at Torang Abedian’s new documentary “Not an Illusion” that takes a closer look at the music scene in Iran. See More.

Very well compiled and edited documentary on the events of June 2009.

HIV/AIDS patients in Iran, brought together by Drs. Kamiar and Arash Alaei. These doctors were recently (wrongfully) imprisoned in Iran. Maziar Bahari the director of this documentary is also imprisoned in Iran. See More.

Ayatollah Sanei shares his office and his family meal with film maker Maziar Bahari, revealing a traditional holy man offering very modern advice. Produced for Al Jazeera (English). This documentary was made by Maziar Bahari a Canadian/Iranian journalist that till today August 26th, 2009, has spent 65 days in Theran’s Evin prison  accused of formenting a velvet revolution and does not have access to a  laywer.  See More.

A documentary film written by Jean-François Colosimo
directed by Jean-Michel Vecchiet.
Release September 2009.

Rick Steves’ travels have taught him the power of people-to-people diplomacy. Now as tensions rise between the United States and Iran, he’s taking action. “Rick Steves’ Iran: Yesterday and Today” is a one-hour public television special on Iran’s people and culture. PBS January 2009. This documentary is in 6 parts see See More.

[February 2007] BAFTA award-winning director Kevin Sim follows pilgrims on a breathtaking spiritual journey through Iran and Iraq to reveal how a murder that took place nearly 1400 years ago still shapes the dangerous world of the Middle East. Behind the headlines that read ‘The Axis of Evil’ and ‘the new Hitler’, there is another story, which began long ago.The film follows a group of ordinary Iranians to the source of this tale – one that has galvanised Iranian politics for hundreds of years. This Documentary is in 6 parts see See More.

In part three of this landmark series from Norma Percy and the team that made the multi-award winning documentaries The Death of Yugoslavia and Elusive Peace: Israel and the Arabs, contributors including Iran’s President Khatami tell the inside story of the West’s continuing nuclear confrontation with Iran. The film also shows a rare moment when they worked together. This series includes 6 parts. In order to watch all parts of this series, click on See More.

Second episode in the documentary series marking the 30th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution.

Inside stories are told by two ex-presidents of Iran, Hashemi Rafsanjani and Mohammad Khatami, by two founders of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, and by leading westerners including Secretaries of State George Shultz, Warren Christopher and Madeleine Albright.

Broadcast on: BBC Two,  Saturday 14th February 2009

This series includes 6 parts. In order to watch all parts of this series, click on See More.

Militant Islam enjoyed its first modern triumph with the arrival in power of Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran in 1979. In this  programme, key figures tell the inside story. This series includes 6 parts. In order to watch all parts of this series, click on See More.