Iran
Berlinale winner Panahi in prison in Tehran
Iranian director Jafar Panahi has been arrested. photo
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He has shown his solidarity with colleagues who have been arrested and is now in prison himself: “Taxi Tehran” director Jafar Panahi has been harassed by the regime in Tehran for years.
The Iranian judiciary has confirmed the detention of award-winning film director Jafar Panahi. A spokesman said on Tuesday, according to the state news agency Irna, that Panahi has been in Ewin prison in Tehran for a week. It’s about a previous six-year prison sentence that the 62-year-old has to serve.