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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 376

Mohammad Rasoulof

Director Mohammad Rasoulof poses for a portrait photograph for the film 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' at the 77th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 23 2024. (Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)
May 24, 2024, 10:53 am
Iranian dissident director who fled country presents latest film at Cannes
Mohammad Rasoulof escaped Iran by foot in face of arrest; film ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ tells story of judge’s struggles amid political unrest in Tehran
By AFP
Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof poses as he arrives on May 27, 2017 for the Un Certain Regard prize ceremony at the 70th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France. (Loic Venance/AFP)
May 13, 2024, 10:26 pm
Convicted Iranian filmmaker flees country on foot, will attend Cannes Film Festival
Mohammad Rasoulof was sentenced to eight years in an Iranian jail for collusion against national security. His film ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ will premiere at Cannes
By Stuart Williams
Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof during a photocall for the film 'Lerd' at the 70th Cannes Film Festival, May 19, 2017. (AFP Photo/Valery Hache)
February 13, 2023, 12:10 pm
Iran releases award-winning filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof after 6 months
Director was detained for criticizing the government’s crackdown on protests in the southwestern city of Abadan over a deadly building collapse
By AP
Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof during a photocall for the film 'Lerd' at the 70th Cannes Film Festival, May 19, 2017. (AFP Photo/Valery Hache)
January 13, 2023, 12:32 am
Iran frees filmmaker arrested during protests over deadly building collapse
Lawyer for award-winning Mohammad Rasoulof, who was accused of encouraging last year’s demonstrations, says his client was released for two weeks due to health concerns
By AFP
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
Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof during a photocall for the film 'Lerd' at the 70th Cannes Film Festival, May 19, 2017. (AFP Photo/Valery Hache)
May 15, 2022, 10:46 am
Iranian authorities target movie industry with arrests, filmmaker says
Director Mohammad Rasoulof blasts ‘illegal’ campaign, identifies two detainees as Firouzeh Khosravani and Mina Keshavarz
By AP
Iranian producer Farzad Pak holds a phone displaying Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof who was awarded the "Golden Bear for Best Film" attends a press conference after the awarding ceremony of the 70th Berlinale film festival in Berlin on February 29, 2020. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)
March 1, 2020, 12:50 pm
Dissident Iranian director wins Berlin fest top prize for film on death penalty
Mohammad Rasoulof, persecuted over movie criticizing the regime and banned from leaving Iran, says steps show the ‘intolerant and despotic nature of the Iranian government’
By AFP
Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof during a photocall for the film 'Lerd' at the 70th Cannes Film Festival, May 19, 2017. (AFP Photo/Valery Hache)
May 28, 2017, 2:27 am
Dissident Iranian director wins top Cannes prize
Jailed for documentary on protests against Ahmadinejad, recently freed Mohammad Rasoulof takes coveted award for ‘Lerd’
By AFP
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