Jailed Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof launched briefly
3 min readBy AFP
TEHRAN: Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, jailed half a 12 months in the past over protests associated to a constructing collapse, has been launched for 2 weeks due to well being issues, his lawyer mentioned Wednesday.
Rasoulof, 50, was arrested on July 8 after being accused of encouraging demonstrations that erupted after the lethal collapse of a constructing in May within the southwestern metropolis of Abadan.
After the tragedy, a gaggle of Iranian filmmakers led by Rasoulof printed an open letter decrying “corruption, theft, inefficiency and repression” and urging the safety forces to “lay down their arms”.
“My client’s incarceration has been suspended for two weeks for health reasons,” the director’s lawyer Maryam Kianersi instructed AFP, including that he had been “released on Saturday”.
The lawyer added that her consumer “is now discharged from hospital and is recovering at home”.
The launch comes as Iran has been gripped by practically 4 months of protests triggered by the loss of life in custody of 22-year-old Iranian Kurd Mahsa Amini following her arrest for allegedly violating Iran’s strict costume code for girls.
Iranian authorities say tons of of individuals, together with members of the safety forces, have been killed and hundreds arrested through the protests which they largely describe as “riots”.
Rasoulof gained the Golden Bear on the 2020 Berlin International Film Festival along with his anti-death penalty movie “There Is No Evil” however was unable to simply accept the award in particular person as he was barred from leaving Iran.
His passport had been confiscated after his 2017 movie “A Man of Integrity” premiered at Cannes, the place it gained the highest prize within the Un Certain Regard part of the pageant.
On July 11, authorities arrested the internationally famend dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi upon his arrival on the Tehran prosecutor’s workplace to observe up on Rasoulof’s case.
TEHRAN: Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, jailed half a 12 months in the past over protests associated to a constructing collapse, has been launched for 2 weeks due to well being issues, his lawyer mentioned Wednesday.
Rasoulof, 50, was arrested on July 8 after being accused of encouraging demonstrations that erupted after the lethal collapse of a constructing in May within the southwestern metropolis of Abadan.
After the tragedy, a gaggle of Iranian filmmakers led by Rasoulof printed an open letter decrying “corruption, theft, inefficiency and repression” and urging the safety forces to “lay down their arms”.
“My client’s incarceration has been suspended for two weeks for health reasons,” the director’s lawyer Maryam Kianersi instructed AFP, including that he had been “released on Saturday”.
The lawyer added that her consumer “is now discharged from hospital and is recovering at home”.
The launch comes as Iran has been gripped by practically 4 months of protests triggered by the loss of life in custody of 22-year-old Iranian Kurd Mahsa Amini following her arrest for allegedly violating Iran’s strict costume code for girls.
Iranian authorities say tons of of individuals, together with members of the safety forces, have been killed and hundreds arrested through the protests which they largely describe as “riots”.
Rasoulof gained the Golden Bear on the 2020 Berlin International Film Festival along with his anti-death penalty movie “There Is No Evil” however was unable to simply accept the award in particular person as he was barred from leaving Iran.
His passport had been confiscated after his 2017 movie “A Man of Integrity” premiered at Cannes, the place it gained the highest prize within the Un Certain Regard part of the pageant.
On July 11, authorities arrested the internationally famend dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi upon his arrival on the Tehran prosecutor’s workplace to observe up on Rasoulof’s case.
