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Masoud Lavasani

Masoud Lavasani

Nov 11, 2014

Actress Anke Engelke (R) and Berlinale festival director Dieter Kosslick look at the picture of Iranian director Jafar Panahi during the opening gala of the 61st Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin February 10, 2011. The Berlinale International Film Festival runs from February 10 to 20, 2011. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT) - RTXXPE1 — Actress Anke Engelke (R) and Berlinale festival director Dieter Kosslick look at the picture of Iranian director Jafar Panahi during the opening gala of the 61st Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Feb. 10, 2011. — REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz

Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami (R) receives an award from U.S. director Martin Scorsese during the closing ceremony of the 5th Marrakesh International Film Festival in Marrakesh, Morocco, November 19, 2005. REUTERS/Andrea Comas/File Photo - RTX2JPDJ

Iran mourns its greatest filmmaker

Arash Karami

A worker cleans a sidewalk in front of a local cinema in central Tehran January 16, 2016. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi/TIMA ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. - GF20000096748

IRGC funding for cinema stirs debate in Iran

Zahra Alipour

CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 22: Director Asghar Farhadi poses with his award for the Best Screenplay for the movie 'The Salesman (Forushande)' during the Palme D'Or Winner Photocall during the 69th annual Cannes Film Festival at the Palais des Festivals on May 22, 2016 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

Celebrated abroad, Oscar-winning Iranian director comes under fire at home

Zahra Alipour

Iranian film director Jafar Panahi, here seen posing during an interview in Tehran in 2010

'In love with my country': Arrested Iranian director Jafar Panahi

Agence France-Presse