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Friday, December 05, 2025
Iran Sentences Dissident Director Jafar Panahi to Prison in Abstentia
www.hollywoodreporter.com: Iran has sentenced the Palme d’Or-winning director Jafar Panahi to one year in prison in absentia, his lawyer told the Agence France-Press news service on Monday.
1 comment:
JFleck
said...
It takes a strong voice to stand up to a government who tries to control what you say and how you say it. There will always be someone who will not like what you are saying if you are being critical but trying to silence what you are doing is a problem. Being brave enough to do a festival tour while being banned from his home. Making people more aware of the atrocities that have taken place by a government that tries to keep anything that will not look good for them silent and out of focus for the majority of people is a great thing but it also puts a target on your back. Despite this target, Panahi has continued to make and direct films that puts his well being at risk. It is a bold statement and course of action but it is once that needs to be done to bring these things to light
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It takes a strong voice to stand up to a government who tries to control what you say and how you say it. There will always be someone who will not like what you are saying if you are being critical but trying to silence what you are doing is a problem. Being brave enough to do a festival tour while being banned from his home. Making people more aware of the atrocities that have taken place by a government that tries to keep anything that will not look good for them silent and out of focus for the majority of people is a great thing but it also puts a target on your back. Despite this target, Panahi has continued to make and direct films that puts his well being at risk. It is a bold statement and course of action but it is once that needs to be done to bring these things to light
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