Emmy-winning Shohreh Aghdashloo, who also received the first Academy Award nomination for an Iranian actress, leads us on a Persian food crawl. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times) Spending an ...

Despite the rhetoric coming out of this year’s political campaigns, Middle Eastern actors are breaking through the stereotypes they have long experienced and are being cast in more substantial roles.

Shohreh Aghdashloo shows the dark side of life for Iranian women in the explosive film The Stoning of Soraya M., and hopes to inspire a new generation of Muslim women. Shohreh arrives for the 76th ...

After Marco Inaros launched his attack on Earth, everything changed for The Expanse’s Chrisjen Avasarala. Shohreh Aghdashloo’s character was previously the Secretary-General of the UN, but later lost ...

The Wheel of Time season three has brought an important character to the screen: Shohreh Aghdashloo’s Elaida Sedai, the former advisor to Queen Morgase of Andor. She has returned to the White Tower to ...

When I heard the news of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani’s conviction of adultery and her sentence to death by stoning, it reminded me of my character Zahra in The Stoning of Soraya M. based on a true ...

IT doesn’t trip lightly off the tongue, but Oscar pundits are fast learning how to pronounce Shohreh Aghdashloo’s name. The 51-year-old Iranian actress has burst on the scene like a firecracker with a ...

Collier Jennings is an entertainment journalist with a substantial amount of experience under his belt. Collier, or "CJ" to his friends and family, is a dedicated fan of genre films - particularly ...

Oscar nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo has joined the cast of 'Arezou,' which was inspired by The Iranian National Ballet Company. By Mia Galuppo Oscar nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo is attached to star in ...

Spending an afternoon with Shohreh Aghdashloo is what I imagine hanging out with the president of the United States is like. There are selfies with fans, calls of adoration from across the street and ...