Director Jafar Panahi started a hunger strike in prison
Film director in prison in Iran Jafar Panahi Iran to the brutality of the security and justice apparatus protest announced that he had started a hunger strike:
“I’m from here free I refuse food, water and medicine until I can. It seems that I will continue to do this until my lifeless body leaves here.
Panahin’s statement was made by his wife Tahira Saidi and his son Refuge Refuge They spread it from their Instagram account.
62-year-old director in July of this year, the authorities covered the country protest while trying to quell its wave with violence imprisonment was done.
The filmmaker, along with other colleagues, raised his voice against the authorities’ brutal crackdown on protesters.
Panahi up to 300 a few days before his arrest Iran he signed the open letter of his cinematographer.
In that letter, a call was made to the security forces to lay down their weapons, and the corruption, theft, incompetence and repression of the authorities were sharply criticized.
At that time, 41 people died as a result of the collapse of a residential building in the city of Abadan protest they did.
Panahi was transferred to Tehran’s Evin prison on July 11 last year Muhammad Rasulofcame to inquire about the state of the flour.
Get him here imprisonment and said that the unserved penalty period remains.
A little later on September 16, 22 years old Mahsa AminiA larger wave of protests after she was taken to the police station for allegedly violating the hijab rule and died there Iran covered their cities.
After Amini’s death, several Iranian filmmakers and public figures were summoned to the police, and some of them, including the famous actress Tarana Alidostu was arrested.
More than 500 people died in the protests that began in Iran in mid-September.
Jafar Panahi’s life and films
Jafar Panahi in 1960 Azerbaijan He was born in the family of an Azerbaijani worker in the city of Miyane, Ostan.
He has been interested in cinema from a young age.
Refuge 20 age in the Iranian army military called to service. This was during the 1980-1982 Iran-Iraq war.
Refuge military After completing his service, he entered the Cinema and Television College in Tehran.
He made short films for the 2nd channel of the Iranian state television.