US EditionIranian director Mohammad Rasoulof sentenced to eight years in prison and flogging
- Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof, known for "There Is No Evil," received an eight-year prison sentence and lashings before attending Cannes Film Festival, as reported by his lawyer to The Associated Press.
- Rasoulof is the latest artist targeted in Iran's crackdown on dissent, following past arrests and restrictions on his work, including a one-year prison sentence in 2022 for "propaganda against the system," per Human Rights Watch.
- Iranian authorities have repeatedly detained Rasoulof and seized his passport due to his work, according to HRW.
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Award-winning Iranian director Mohammed Rasoulof has been sentenced in his homeland to eight years behind bars, flogging, a fine and confiscation of property, his lawyer told The Associated Press. According to him, this happened shortly before the director's planned trip to the Cannes Film Festival in France.
The award-winning filmmaker has been arrested for national security violations.
Eight years in prison, whipping, fines, and confiscation of property were imposed by an Iranian court on the famous independent filmmaker, Mohammad Rasoulof, his lawyer reported. The sentence is final, now it is time for execution. The basis of the charge was, on the one hand, Rasoulof's statements that he never hid and, on the other hand, his films. The court, according to the lawyer, stated that the films and documentaries he made in recent ye…
The sentence against the author of 'Evil does not exist' is very harsh. But will his latest film be presented in competition at the next Cannes Film Festival?
Unos días antes del estreno de su última película en el Festival de Cine de Cannes, el director Mohammad Rasoulof ha sido condenado a 8 años de prisión por el gobierno de Irán. Su cinta, titulada The Seed of the Sacred Fig compite en la sección oficial del certamen, aunque ahora se duda de la presencia del cineasta en la Croisette. Rasoulof ha sido además objeto de una multa, confiscación de bienes y recibirá azotes como parte de su castigo, lo …
Iranian film director Mohammad Rasoulof has been arrested for "crimes against national security"
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