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The famous Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasulov was accompanied Monday by several famous Iranian filmmakers in the revolutionary court where he should be judged for his latest works, which the radical authorities consider as targeting the symbols of the regime.
According to EttamOnline, the actors, directors, artists and celebrities present were: Bahman Farman Ara, Asghar Farhadi, Fatima Muradi, Kayanush Ayari, Majid Berzger, Jaafar Banahi, Farhad Tuhidi, Amir Ibtbi, Reza Darmishian, Hbadan For Shurazi, Kaywan Kthairian, Jamal Rahmati, Mohammad Reza Moayni, Bayman Haqqani and Mujtaba Murtashamseb.
"Everyone goes to court with his family, and we are the family of Mohammed Rusulov," said a filmmaker on his website.
Stop him from leaving
The court of first instance of Iran's revolutionary courts sentenced Mohammad Rasulov to one year in prison. He was forbidden to leave the country and political and social activities for propaganda directed against the regime.
A number of festivals, foundations, filmmakers, journalists and artists around the world have condemned the verdict against Rasulov and demanded its annulment.
In a statement published Friday on its website, the Cannes Film Festival called for the immediate and unconditional release of Mohammad Rasulov, a call for festivals around the world, cinemas and all artists.
Collusion against national security
Rasulov was first tried with his co-director Jafar Panahi, winner of the Sakharov Prize for the Freedom of the Spirit of the European Union in October 2013, where he was accused in 2010 of "collusion against the national security "and" propaganda against the regime ", and sentenced to 6 years in prison. Then, on appeal, the sentence was commuted to one year in prison but was not applied.
The Iranian authorities have once again put Rasulov on the blacklist after being hailed by the international press for his film "An honest man", including a prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2017.
Filming movies
After returning from the city of Cannes in Iran in September 2017, the authorities confiscated his pbadport and informed him that he was no longer allowed to shoot movies. He stated in statements to human rights organizations that he had been repeatedly detained by the Iranian Ministry of Security, interrogated in secret detention centers.
Rasul's films provoked the security services, especially the film "An honest man", which deals with the issue of widespread government corruption in the country and "The manuscripts do not burn", which focuses on the issue badbadinations of intellectuals, writers and journalists by a team of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence in the 1990s.
Independent filmmakers face intense pressure from the Iranian government to discourage them from producing works that critically criticize regime policies and novels about politics, culture and society.
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