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• Cinema Iran -- Online Persian film reviews and information. Includes sections on news, film reviews, calendars, upcoming events, more.
• IranianMovies.com -- On-line vendor of Iranian and Persian language VHS, DVDs, CD-ROMS, music, etc.
• Majid Majidi -- Official website of the Iranian director of films such as Baran, Children of Heaven, and The Color of Paradise.

Specific Films

• The Color of Paradise - a film by Majid Majidi
• Secret Ballot - a film by Babak Payami
• Ten - a film by Marin Karmitz and Abbas Kiarostami ENG FRA

Abbas Kiarostami (Taste of Cherry, Life and Nothing More...)

• Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian Director - Online version of an article that appeared in Film International, Autumn 1994
• In Dialogue with Kiarostami - from The Iranian. Transcript of a 1998 forum at which Kiarostami appeared to discuss the film Taste of Cherry(Taam-e Gulass).
• World Socialist Web Site: Abbas Kiarostami - 1994 interview with the World Socialist Organization following the release of Through the Olive Trees

Mohsen Makhmalbaf (Kandahar, Silence, Gabbeh)

• Makhmalbaf Film House -- official web site of the Iranian director and his family
• Mohsen Makhmalbaf: Retrospective - Discussion of a 1997 Makhmalbaf retrospective held in Toronto; includes reviews of a number of the director's films
• Salaam Cinema: The Films of Mohsen Makhmalbaf - Synopsis of Makhmalbaf's career designed to accompany a Vancouver (B.C.) retrospective of his works (no date is given; appears to be from approx 1997)

Jafar Panahi (The Circle)

• Interview with Jafar Panahi - from the World Socialist Web Site; occurred as part of the promotion for The Circle.
• Jafar Panahi: The Man Who Does Not Bargain on Cinema - Reprint of an article from Film International, Summer 2000