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- 5/2/2023
- MUBI
Jafar Panahi’s lawyer has batted back rumors that the dissident director has left Iran for good, following reports of his first international trip in 14 years due to the lifting of a travel ban.
Leading Iranian lawyer Saleh Nikbakht confirmed Panahi had gone on an international trip but said he was due back in Iran next week.
“I don’t know with what purpose these people are spreading lies,” he was reported as saying in an interview with Iranian journalist Mansour Jahani.
”Travel is the right of all citizens and this right was denied to Mr. Panahi, and more importantly to Iran and the country’s art, fourteen years ago, despite dozens of works and artistic invitations, each of which could be a page of honor for the country’s artistic community,” he said.
Nikbakht said the filmmaker’s love of his country was too strong for him to leave permanently.
Leading Iranian lawyer Saleh Nikbakht confirmed Panahi had gone on an international trip but said he was due back in Iran next week.
“I don’t know with what purpose these people are spreading lies,” he was reported as saying in an interview with Iranian journalist Mansour Jahani.
”Travel is the right of all citizens and this right was denied to Mr. Panahi, and more importantly to Iran and the country’s art, fourteen years ago, despite dozens of works and artistic invitations, each of which could be a page of honor for the country’s artistic community,” he said.
Nikbakht said the filmmaker’s love of his country was too strong for him to leave permanently.
- 4/27/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
The award-winning auteur was released from prison in February.
Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi has reportedly left Iran for the first time since 2009 after his travel ban was lifted, according to his wife Tahereh Saeedi.
A post by Saeedi on Instagram appeared to show her and Panahi at an undisclosed airport with a stack of suitcases. The caption read: “After 14 years, Jafar’s ban was cancelled and finally we are going to travel together for a few days.”
Observers on social media speculate that he is in France, based on the background of the image.
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Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi has reportedly left Iran for the first time since 2009 after his travel ban was lifted, according to his wife Tahereh Saeedi.
A post by Saeedi on Instagram appeared to show her and Panahi at an undisclosed airport with a stack of suitcases. The caption read: “After 14 years, Jafar’s ban was cancelled and finally we are going to travel together for a few days.”
Observers on social media speculate that he is in France, based on the background of the image.
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- 4/26/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Jafar Panahi has left Iran for the first time in 14 years after the heralded Iranian filmmaker’s longstanding travel was apparently lifted.
His wife, Tahereh Saeidi, shared a photo of them entering an undisclosed airport to her Instagram Tuesday night, writing, “After 14 years, Jafar’s ban was canceled and finally we are going to travel together for a few days…”
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The image indicates the first time the director and political figure behind “The White Balloon,” “The Circle,” “Taxi” and most recently “No Bears” has left Iran since he was sentenced to a 20-year travel and filmmaking ban in 2010 for “making propaganda against the system” — a directive that to this point has not slowed his directing career but has held him to the nation’s borders.
In July 2022, Panahi was arrested and imprisoned after he protested the arrest of...
His wife, Tahereh Saeidi, shared a photo of them entering an undisclosed airport to her Instagram Tuesday night, writing, “After 14 years, Jafar’s ban was canceled and finally we are going to travel together for a few days…”
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A post shared by Tahereh saeedi (@taherehsaidii)
The image indicates the first time the director and political figure behind “The White Balloon,” “The Circle,” “Taxi” and most recently “No Bears” has left Iran since he was sentenced to a 20-year travel and filmmaking ban in 2010 for “making propaganda against the system” — a directive that to this point has not slowed his directing career but has held him to the nation’s borders.
In July 2022, Panahi was arrested and imprisoned after he protested the arrest of...
- 4/26/2023
- by Benjamin Lindsay
- The Wrap
The award-winning director who was released from prison in February is rumoured to be a juror at the Cannes film festival
Jafar Panahi, the acclaimed Iranian director whose life has been dominated by clashes with his country’s government, has left Iran for the first time in 14 years.
Panahi’s wife, Tahereh Saeedi, posted a picture on Instagram on Tuesday night showing her arriving with her husband at an undisclosed airport.
Jafar Panahi, the acclaimed Iranian director whose life has been dominated by clashes with his country’s government, has left Iran for the first time in 14 years.
Panahi’s wife, Tahereh Saeedi, posted a picture on Instagram on Tuesday night showing her arriving with her husband at an undisclosed airport.
- 4/26/2023
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Dissident Iranian director Jafar Panahi’s travel ban has suddenly been lifted after 14 years, allowing the acclaimed auteur and his wife Tahereh Saeedi to reportedly leave Iran for an undisclosed location.
Saeedi on Tuesday night posted a picture on Instagram showing her arriving with her husband at an undisclosed airport.
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It is captioned: “After 14 years, Jafar’s ban was cancelled and finally we are going to travel together for a few days…”
Panahi, 62, was temporarily released from prison last month after going on a hunger strike to protest “the illegal and inhumane behavior” of Iran’s judiciary. He was out on bail.
The director was arrested last July in Tehran in the wake of the country’s conservative government crackdown. Panahi had gone to the Tehran’s prosecutor’s office to follow up on the situation of fellow dissident filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulov,...
Saeedi on Tuesday night posted a picture on Instagram showing her arriving with her husband at an undisclosed airport.
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A post shared by Tahereh saeedi (@taherehsaidii)
It is captioned: “After 14 years, Jafar’s ban was cancelled and finally we are going to travel together for a few days…”
Panahi, 62, was temporarily released from prison last month after going on a hunger strike to protest “the illegal and inhumane behavior” of Iran’s judiciary. He was out on bail.
The director was arrested last July in Tehran in the wake of the country’s conservative government crackdown. Panahi had gone to the Tehran’s prosecutor’s office to follow up on the situation of fellow dissident filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulov,...
- 4/26/2023
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
The long travel ban against dissident Iranian director Jafar Panahi, in place for the past 14 years, has apparently been lifted.
Panahi’s wife Tahereh Saeedi, in a post on Instagram late Tuesday night, said the Iranian government has “canceled” the travel ban, first imposed in 2009. Accompanying the post was a posted of Saeedi and Panahi arriving at an unidentified airport.
“After 14 years, Jafar’s ban was canceled and finally we are going to travel together for a few days…” she wrote.
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A post shared by Tahereh saeedi (@taherehsaidii)
The photo shows Panahi smiling, waving, and pushing a baggage cart piled high with three large suitcases. There is not information on where the photo was taken, though online speculation has pointed to signage in the background that suggests it could be at a French airport.
The award-winning director of Taxi, The White Ballon, The Circle, and...
Panahi’s wife Tahereh Saeedi, in a post on Instagram late Tuesday night, said the Iranian government has “canceled” the travel ban, first imposed in 2009. Accompanying the post was a posted of Saeedi and Panahi arriving at an unidentified airport.
“After 14 years, Jafar’s ban was canceled and finally we are going to travel together for a few days…” she wrote.
View this post on Instagram
A post shared by Tahereh saeedi (@taherehsaidii)
The photo shows Panahi smiling, waving, and pushing a baggage cart piled high with three large suitcases. There is not information on where the photo was taken, though online speculation has pointed to signage in the background that suggests it could be at a French airport.
The award-winning director of Taxi, The White Ballon, The Circle, and...
- 4/26/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Dissident Iranian director Jafar Panahi is reported to have left Iran for the first time in 14 years following the lifting of a travel ban imposed on him in 2009.
Panahi’s wife Tahereh Saeedi posted a picture on Instagram on Tuesday night showing her arriving with her husband at an undisclosed airport.
It was cryptically captioned: “After 14 years, Jafar’s ban was cancelled and finally we are going to travel together for a few days…”
Panahi is seen waving and pushing a luggage trolley laden with three large suitcases.
View this post on Instagram
A post shared by Tahereh saeedi (@taherehsaidii)
There is no information on where the picture was taken although there have been suggestions on social media that the backdrop is a French airport.
Panahi – whose credits include The White Balloon, The Circle and Taxi – has spent most of his filmmaking career in the crosshairs of Iran’s authoritarian Islamic Republic government.
Panahi’s wife Tahereh Saeedi posted a picture on Instagram on Tuesday night showing her arriving with her husband at an undisclosed airport.
It was cryptically captioned: “After 14 years, Jafar’s ban was cancelled and finally we are going to travel together for a few days…”
Panahi is seen waving and pushing a luggage trolley laden with three large suitcases.
View this post on Instagram
A post shared by Tahereh saeedi (@taherehsaidii)
There is no information on where the picture was taken although there have been suggestions on social media that the backdrop is a French airport.
Panahi – whose credits include The White Balloon, The Circle and Taxi – has spent most of his filmmaking career in the crosshairs of Iran’s authoritarian Islamic Republic government.
- 4/26/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
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