Iranian cultural figures condemn internet blackout as ‘blatant tool of repression’

Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof accuse government of blocking communication in and out of country to conceal violence against protesters ...
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Jafar Panahi’s Cannes Palme d’Or Is a ‘Powerful Blow to the Machinery of Repression in the Islamic Republic,’ Says ‘Seed of the Sacred Fig’ Director Mohammad ...

Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulov, who in May 2024 escaped from Iran to Europe after receiving a jail sentence from the country’s authorities for making his drama “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” has ...