Dissident Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, known for 'The White Balloon', 'The Circle' and 'Taxi', is on a hunger strike to protest his ongoing detention at Iran's harsh Evin prison, even though his sentence has been declared void by the .
The move comes just days after hopes that the director was on the verge of being released on bail were dashed, even though his lawyer Saleh Nikbakht had successfully challenged his detention, reports Deadline .Pana
As things remain volatile in Iran, filmmaker Jafar Panahi, has gone on a hunger strike to protest his ongoing detention. The dissident Iranian filmmaker continues to be held up at Iran’s Evin prison even after the country’s Supreme Court declared his sentence void. The director had hoped to be released after the court’s verdict.
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