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"DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An award-wining Iranian filmmaker said
authorities raided the offices and homes of several filmmakers and other
industry professionals and arrested some of them.
Mohammad Rasoulof said in a statement signed by dozens of movie industry
professionals on his Instagram account late Saturday that security forces made
some arrests and confiscated film production equipment during raids conducted
in recent days. The statement condemned the actions and called them “illegal.”
In a separate Instagram post, Rasoulof identified two of the detained
filmmakers as Firouzeh Khosravani and Mina Keshavarz. Rasoulof was not targeted
in the recent raids.
Iranian media and authorities have not commented on the raids and no additional
details were immediately available. Authorities in Iran occasionally arrest
activists in cultural fields over alleged security violations.
Rasoulof won the Berlin Film Festival’s top prize in 2020 for his film “There
Is No Evil.” It tells four stories loosely connected to the themes of the death
penalty in Iran and personal freedoms under tyranny.
Shortly after receiving the award he was sentenced to a year in prison for
three films he made that authorities found to be “propaganda against the
system.” His lawyer appealed the sentence. He was also banned from making films
and traveling abroad."
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