According to the Author," The Play of A CRY WITH SEWN LIPS is written based on the life of Farrokhi Yazdi, (Iranian famous poet, Journalist, Politition, and activist, who died in Qasr prison, Tehran almost 90 years ago).  I have considered various documents. However,...

Prometheus in Evin is a Two-act play about the early years after the Islamic revolution in Iran, the rise to power of totalitarians and attack on dissident intellectuals.  The play has been staged many times in the world and has been welcomed. Iraj Janatie Ataie is a...

Mohsen Yalfani is an Iranian theatre practitioner and playwright. The English translation of, Guest of a Few Days, was well received in Chicago, in December of 2004, in a staged reading by Silk Road Theatre Project (Jamil Khoury, Artistic Director).

Mohsen Yalfani is an Iranian theatre practitioner and playwright. In 1970, he wrote his most famous play, The Teachers, staged in Tehran. After ten nights, the performances were stopped by the Shah’s “SAVAK” and Yalfani was arrested and spent three months in prison....

Mohsen Yalfani is an Iranian theatre practitioner and playwright. In 1970, he wrote his most famous play, The Teachers, staged in Tehran. After ten nights, the performances were stopped by the Shah’s “SAVAK” and Yalfani was arrested and spent three months in prison....