Movies and TvShows featuring "iranian-regime" theme.

Iranian female judokas Leila and her coach Maryam, travel to the Judo World Championship, intent on bringing home Iran’s first gold medal. Midway through the Judo World Championships, they receive an ultimatum from the Islamic Republic ordering Leila to fake an injury and lose, or she will be branded a traitor of the state. With her own and her family’s freedom at stake, Leila is faced with an impossible choice: comply with the Iranian regime as her coach Maryam implores her to do, or fight on, for the gold.

Infidel follows the story of an American man who is abducted and tortured by terrorists in Tehran, Iran. He is held captive and faces execution unless he publicly renounces his Christian faith. As his desperate wife and a CIA agent work to rescue him, they uncover a larger conspiracy involving the Iranian regime and political intrigue. Infidel is a gripping political thriller that explores themes of faith, courage, and the fight for freedom.

Plot: Ordinary people navigate societal constraints in a series of vignettes. Each vignette showcases different aspects of corruption, bureaucracy, sexism, oppression, and abuse-of-power in a society governed by the Iranian regime. The characters live in a world where they have to constantly navigate through these obstacles while facing the challenges imposed by the religious and bureaucratic systems. This thought-provoking movie sheds light on the struggles faced by individuals trying to maintain their integrity and principles in a complex society.

Today, Israel and the United States are Iran's enemies par excellence. Their reconciliation seems impossible. Is the history of these three countries the chronicle of a war foretold, delayed for decades but inevitable?

In 2019, the multi-awarded filmmaker Nahid Persson Sarvestani (My Stolen Revolution, Prostitution Behind the Veil) filmed the Iranian journalist based in France Roholla Zam, who exposed the Iranian regime money laundering. Months later, Rohollah was lured by moles to Iraq and kidnapped to Iran. After 14 months in prison, he was executed.

Follows a female student in Tehran who was hanged for murder. She had acted in self-defense against a rapist. For a pardon and after seven years in prison, she would have had to retract her testimony.

Sara Nodjoumi embarks on a quest to uncover the truth behind the vanishing of over 100 'treasonous' artworks created by her father, acclaimed Iranian modern artist Nickzad Nodjoumi.

Iran, 1984. Homeless brothers struggle to survive in a country at war.

Mina Ahadi is an Iranian human rights activist living in Cologne. She talks about the fate of other freedom fighters in Iraq and what life is like under the Iranian regime.