Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has been released from Evin Prison in Tehran after beginning a hunger strike earlier this week.
Panahi, who directed multiple award-winning films, including the, was detained in July after visiting the infamous prison in search of other prominent filmmakers who had been arrested during a government crackdown.
In October, Panahi’s lawyer, Saleh Nikbakht, successfully argued that the charges against him, which stemmed from his attendance at the funeral of a student killed during the 2009 Green Revolution against then-President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, had passed the statute of limitations and were no longer valid. Filmmakers across the world celebrated Panahi’s freedom, though Nikbakht said the decision should have come earlier. “Although I am happy about Mr.
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