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Sheida Dayani

Sheida Dayani is a poet, translator, and cultural historian of Iran. She has been a postdoctoral research scholar at Princeton University and teaching faculty at Harvard University. She served as Jafar Panahi’s simultaneous interpreter for It Was Just an Accident’s North American promotional campaign.

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It Was Just an Accident: The Humanity of Doubt

Shot clandestinely in Iran in just twenty-five days, Jafar Panahi’s acclaimed eleventh feature is a philosophical examination of political ethics that transforms into a comedy of manners and a psychological thriller.

By Sheida Dayani

Essays— Jun 30, 2026