The 62 -year -old filmmaker, awarded many times, had started a hunger strike to protest against his conditions of detention. His conviction to six years in prison in 2010 for “propaganda against the system” had been canceled by the Supreme Court in October 2022.
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Two days after having started a hunger strike to protest against his conviction to six years in prison by the Iranian regime, the famous director Jafar Panahi was released on bail on Friday, February 3, said his supports.
The director, whose films were awarded at several European film festivals, was arrested on July 11, 2022 even before the start of the wave of protest actions that has been shaking the Iranian regime since September.
62 years old, he had been sentenced to a sentence of six years in prison pronounced in 2010 for “propaganda against the system” and was detained in Evin prison, in Tehran, where a fire and clashes had caused chaos in October 2022.
On October 15, 2022, the Supreme Court annulled the conviction and ordered a new trial, leaving a hope for liberation from its lawyers.
In a statement published Thursday, February 2 by his wife, the director explained that he had started a hunger strike to protest the conditions of his detention: “Today, like many people trapped in Iran, I did not other choice than to protest against this inhuman behavior with what I have most dear: my life. “
“I will refuse to eat and drink and take any medication until my release,” added the filmmaker, adding that he “will remain [t] in this state until, perhaps, my lifeless body be released from prison. “
Multi -reachered director
Jafar Panahi won a golden lion at the Venice Mostra in 2000 for his film Le Cercle. In 2015, he was awarded a gold bear in Berlin for Taxi Tehran and, in 2018, he won the prize for the best scenario for three faces at the Cannes Film Festival. on Twitter , this cinema institution “Reaffirms it All his support by calling, like many artists, festivals and organizations around the world, to his immediate release “.
“This cry for freedom collectively obliges us” underlined the ARP and the SRF, two collectives of French filmmakers. “We are in solidarity with the Iranians who fight for their rights, condemn this arrest and call on its release”, wrote the Berlin International Film Festival on Twitter . Div> Test your general culture with the writing of the “world” Discover section>
The latest film by Jafar Panahi, none bear, which, like most of his recent works, stages it directly , was screened in 2022 at the Venice Mostra when he was already imprisoned. The film won the special jury prize.
His arrest in July 2022 had intervened after he attended the hearing at the court of another director, Mohammad Rasoulof, arrested a few days before. The latter was released from prison on January 7, after benefiting from a two -week permission for health reasons.