The imprisonment of the artists takes place amid a government campaign of intimidation and repression against any opposition to the soaring cost of living that is making it impossible for workers and rural toilers to feed their families.
Mohammad Rasoulof (recent winner of the Golden Bear award at the Berlin Film Festival) and Mostafa Al-Ahmad, two internationally known Iranian film directors, have been arrested after posting an online appeal to the Iranian security services, urging them not to use their weapons against demonstrators. Another film director, Jafar Panahi, who went to the police to complain about the arrests, was himself arrested.
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The recent arrests of Iranian directors Mohammad Rasoulof, Mostafa Al-Ahmad and Jafar Panahi - all of whom have been locked up in Tehrans notorious Evin Prison is a result of mounting tensions between the government of Irans President Ebrahim .
The recent arrests of Iranian directors Mohammad Rasoulof, Mostafa Al-Ahmad and Jafar Panahi - all of whom have been locked up in Tehrans notorious Evin Prison