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Iranian director Jafar Panahi released after hunger strike

Iranian director Jafar Panahi released after hunger strike

PARIS: Acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has been released on bail after starting a hunger strike to protest against his almost seven-month detention, supporters said yesterday.The director, a winner at all the big European film festivals, had been arrested months before the current anti-regime protests erupted.But his imprisonment became a symbol of the plight of artistes speaking out against the authorities.Panahi has been released from Tehran’s Evin prison “two days after starting his hunger strike for freedom”, the US-based Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) said on Twitter, while Iran’s reformist Shargh newspaper published an image of Panahi jubilantly embracing a supporter after being released on bail.His wife Tahereh Saeedi posted a picture on Instagram of Panahi being driven from prison in a vehicle.Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Fremaux expressed “great relief” at the news of his release.“We do not forget all those, in Iran and around the world, who are subje

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