Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Majid Majidi, the first Iranian helmer nominated for the foreign-language film Oscar (for 1997’s “The Children of Heaven”), ...

LOS ANGELES – The most expensive film ever produced in Iran, “Muhammad: The Messenger of God,” premiered Thursday to sold-out theaters after being delayed a day due to audio issues, Agence France ...

Since the 1979 Iranian revolution, the local film industry has not been known for trying to make blockbusters. But there is one exception, “Muhammad: The Messenger of God,” an epic directed by Majid ...

ALLAHYAR, Iran – Here in this Persian replica of Mecca, built at the cost of millions of dollars, an Iranian film company is attempting to offer the world a literal glimpse of the Prophet Muhammad ...

Since plans for its production were announced years ago, talk has not ceased about the Iranian epic film Muhammad: The Messenger of God. The film was written and directed by Majid Majidi who is ...

Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi (center), the director of " Muhammad," conducts a scene of the movie in Allahyar village 43 miles south of the capital Tehran, Iran. AP ALLAHYAR, Iran — Here in this ...

He was by far the most remarkable man that has ever set foot on this earth. He preached a religion, founded a state, built a nation, laid down a moral code, initiated numberless social and political ...

Majid Majidi's dull historical epic follows the early life of the man who became a prophet. “Muhammad: The Messenger of God” opened the Montreal World Film Festival on Aug. 27, a venue where Majidi ...