Figures

1.1Sharjah Art Museum, photo Lucy Rees

1.2Azadeh Akhlaghi, Aras River, Iran – Samad Behrangi/ 3 September 1968, 2012, digital print on photo paper, 110 × 174 cm, courtesy of the artist

2.1Marjane Satrapi, a page from Persepolis 1, 2002

3.1Shirin Neshat, Speechless, 1996, RC print and ink, 118.7 × 86 cm. Copyright Shirin Neshat, courtesy the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels

4.1Farhad Moshiri, Self-portrait, 2004, courtesy the artist and The Third Line

5.1Shirin Neshat, Untitled, 1996, RC print & ink (photo taken by Larry Barns), 121.6 × 84.5 cm. Copyright Shirin Neshat, courtesy the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels

6.1Shirin Neshat, Rapture series, 1999, Gelatin silver print, 111.7 × 173.35 cm. Copyright Shirin Neshat, courtesy the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels

7.1Shirin Neshat, Soliloquy series, 2000, Cibachrome print, 121.9 × 152.4 cm. Copyright Shirin Neshat, courtesy the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels

7.2Shirin Neshat, The Last Word, 2003, still from the video

8.1Bahman Jalali, Image of Imagination series, 2008, digital print on paper, size varied, private collection, Tehran, courtesy of Rana Javadi

8.2Bahman Jalali, Days of Blood, Days of Fire series, 1979, analogue photo, size varied, artist’s collection, Tehran, courtesy of Rana Javadi

9.1Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Untitled, 9 d series, 2005–6, digital print, 55 × 75 cm, courtesy of artist

9.2Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Untitled, 10 b series, 2005–6, digital print, 55 × 75 cm, courtesy of artist

10.1Ardeshir Mohassess, The king is always above the people, Life in Iran series, 1978, ink on paper, 46 × 60 cm

11.1Shoja Azari, Icon #5, 2010, still from video, video portrait, courtesy of artist

12.1Nicky Nodjoumi, Inspector Scrutiny, 2012, oil on canvas, courtesy of the artist and Taymour Grahne

12.2Nahid Haghighat, Shabrang, 1998, mixed media on canvas, 28 × 22 cm, courtesy of the artist

13.1Still from Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Uzak (Distant), 2002, httpsprojectedperspectives.files.wordpress.com201801mahmutwave_hires

14.1Still from Ridley Scott’s Kingdom of Heaven, 2005, https://3brothersfilm.com/blog/2012/02/medieval-as-modern-the-historical-accuracy-of-kingdom-of-heaven

15.1Still from Zack Snyder’s 300, 2007, http://www.cais-soas.com/ CAIS/Iran/300_movie_seperating_fact_from_fiction.htm

16.1Still from Amir Naderi’s ABC Manhattan, 1997

16.2Still from Amir Naderi’s Sound Barrier, 2005

17.1Poster of Yossef (Joseph) Cedar’s Beaufort, 2007, https://www.fruugo.lu/beaufort-movie-poster-11-x-17/p-9002061-19367234

17.2Still from Ari Folman’s Waltz with Bashir, 2008, https://editorial .rottentomatoes.comgallery28-best-and-worst-r-rated-animated- moviesbashir

17.3Still from Samuel Maoz’s Lebanon, 2009, http://dennisamith.com/ wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Lebanon-2009-Samuel-Maoz