Rasoulof, whose 'There Is No Evil' won the Golden Bear for Best Film in Berlin in 2020, was recently release from prison on medical grounds.
Dissident Iranian director Mohammed Rasoulof, who was recently released from prison on medical grounds, now faces new charges that could land him back in jail.assembly and collusion against national security, of insulting the regime leadership, and of spreading propaganda against the state. If found guilty by the Revolutionary Court, Rasoulouf could receive a new eight-year prison sentence.
Rasoulof, an acclaimed director whose films have won prizes in Berlin and Cannes, is among the most prominent of the tens of thousands of Iranians that have been imprisoned inover the past year for protesting against the government. Rasoulof was incarcerated last July after posting on social media calling on Iranian security forces to stop their violent attacks on demonstrators.
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