Panahi’s wife says that her husband experienced “the worst hours of his life” when Evin Prison burned on Saturday, but confirmed that both political prisoners are alive.
The “Taxi” director was arrested after visiting fellow filmmakers Mohammad Rasoulof and Mostafa Al-Ahmad at Evin prison.
The arrests of major Iranian directors are a microcosm of broader unrest across the country as the government accelerates its oppressive tactics.
Panahi was reportedly arrested after protesting the detention of fellow Iranian filmmakers Mohammad Rasoulof and Mostafa Al-Ahmad.
His producing partners say he and colleague Mostafa Al-Ahmad have been “transferred to an unknown location.”
Filmmakers Mohammad Rasoulof and Mohammad Nourizad also signed a letter asking the UN to require Iran to import vaccines.
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Cannes and the European Film Academy are among organizations protesting the Iranian filmmaker’s prison sentence.
The director of “There Is No Evil” couldn’t attend Berlin due to a ban from the Iranian government, but that has only strengthened his resolve.
Mohammad Rasoulof’s anthology film about executioners and the people closest to them radiates with narrative urgency.
Iran’s authoritarian government says the acclaimed filmmaker’s work amounts to propaganda against the state.
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