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This image released by Neon shows, from left, Mohamad Ali Elyasmehr as Hamid, Majid Panahi as Ali, Hadis Pakbaten as Goli, in a scene from "It Was Just an Accident." (Neon via AP)
February 2, 2026, 8:03 am
Anti-regime Oscar-nominated Iranian screenwriter arrested in Tehran
Mehdi Mahmoudian, co-writer of ‘It Was Just an Accident,’ detained after signing letter condemning ‘mass and systematic killings’ by ‘illegitimate regime’
By Jake Coyle
Director Jafar Panahi, winner of the Palme d'Or for the film 'It Was Just an Accident', poses for photographers at the awards ceremony photo call at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, May 24, 2025. (Natacha Pisarenko/AP)
May 25, 2025, 8:08 am
Dissident Iranian filmmaker urges working for ‘freedom’ as he takes Cannes top prize
Jafar Panahi, who won best movie with drama examining dilemma faced by those given opportunity to take revenge on their oppressors, says he hopes for an end to authoritarian rule
By Agencies
Iranian filmmaker and activist Sepideh Farsi looks at a portrait of the Palestinian photographer Fatima Hassouna, during a photo session at her home in Paris on May 5, 2025. (JOEL SAGET / AFP)
May 11, 2025, 7:21 pm
Film about Gaza photojournalist premieres at Cannes this week after her death in airstrike
Fatima Hassouna and 10 relatives were killed in northern Gaza in a strike last month targeting a Hamas operative, the day after she learned the film had been chosen
By Agencies and ToI Staff
From 'Tatami,' the first Iranian-Israeli co-production, from 'Golda' director Guy Nattiv and Iranian-born director Zar Amir Ebrahimi, shortlisted for the European Film Award (Courtesy PR)
July 26, 2023, 11:02 am
First Israeli-Iranian film to premiere at Venice festival
‘Tatami’ tells the story of an Iranian ultimatum at a world judo championship
By Jessica Steinberg
Iranian film director Jafar Panahi poses during an interview in Tehran, August 30, 2010. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
April 26, 2023, 7:04 pm
After 14-year travel ban and jail time, award-winning Iran film director goes abroad
Jafar Panahi, 62, was freed on bail in early February after nearly seven months in detention in Tehran for ‘propaganda against the system’
By AFP
Iranian film director Jafar Panahi poses during an interview in Tehran, August 30, 2010. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
February 2, 2023, 2:50 pm
Jailed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi announces hunger strike
Award-winning moviemaker, awaiting trial for ‘propaganda against the system,’ vows to refuse food, water, medication until he or his ‘lifeless body’ is freed from prison in Tehran
By Stuart Williams
Iranian film director Jafar Panahi poses for a picture during an interview with AFP at his home in Tehran, September 3, 2004. (Atta KENARE/AFP)
July 19, 2022, 1:53 pm
Prize-winning Iran filmmaker to serve his previous 6-year sentence, says judiciary
Jafar Panahi, originally sentenced in 2010, had been on conditional release until he was arrested last week when inquiring about detention of fellow movie producer
By AFP
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