Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi says he plans to return to his dwelling nation of Iran after Oscar season is over, regardless of the looming menace of his arrest amid a authorities crackdown that has killed 1000’s of individuals following countrywide anti-government protests.
The Oscar-nominated director, who has been overseas selling his newest movie It Was Simply An Accident, was sentenced in absentia in December 2025 to at least one yr in jail in Iran over “propaganda actions” towards the nation, based on experiences.
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