Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof secretly fled his home country before being prosecuted and sentenced to flogging and imprisonment for trying to make his own film.
Rasourov quietly packed his bags, fled the repressive Iranian regime, and is now in an undisclosed location in Europe.
- of evil does not exist According to reports, the director finally revealed in an official statement that he has left Iran The Wrap.
“I arrived in Europe a few days ago after a long and complicated journey. About a month ago, my lawyer informed me that the Court of Appeal had sentenced me to eight years in prison and that the sentence would be carried out quickly,” he said. wrote.
“I knew for sure that a new sentence would be added to the last eight years, knowing that news of a new movie was coming soon. I didn’t have much time to make a decision. I will go to prison. With a heavy heart, I chose asylum. The Islamic Republic confiscated my passport in September 2017, so I secretly left Iran. I had to leave the country,” he admitted.
The Iranian government claimed that the director violated “national security” by directing the film and accused him of “collusion” with foreign enemies.
The director was arrested in 2022 after criticizing the Iranian government’s flawed response. building collapse In the city of Abadan, 33 people were killed.
Rasulov wasn’t the only production member on his latest work. sacred fig seeds, harassed by Iranian authorities. Several actors and film staff were also detained by Iranian authorities.
sacred fig seeds It is scheduled to be premiered at the Cannes Film Festival from May 14th to 25th this year.
film Continue As tensions rise in the family of an Iranian investigating judge, a gun goes missing in his home and he suspects that his wife and child are responsible for the theft. He has begun to systematically impose strict rules on his loved ones, an act that parallels the collapse of Iranian society as a whole.
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