With the newest round of Iran nuclear talks scheduled for next week and crippling sanctions planned for July, it is easy to forget that Iran is a place where people live, work, flirt and — gasp! — play basketball.
A new documentary, The Iran Job, which premieres at the Los Angeles Film Festival Friday, follows Kevin Sheppard, an American basketball player who plays for A.S. Shiraz in Iran. Captain of the team, he’s charged with taking an abysmal team to the playoffs — a daunting task if he were Iranian, but even more daunting as he navigates his way through a society that is very different than his own.
