{"id":9878,"date":"2010-03-04T17:13:33","date_gmt":"2010-03-04T22:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=9878"},"modified":"2010-07-01T18:56:31","modified_gmt":"2010-07-01T22:56:31","slug":"update-on-jafar-panahi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=9878","title":{"rendered":"Update on Jafar Panahi"},"content":{"rendered":"

His wife and daughter have been released – Panahi is still detained. More here<\/a>. It’s hard at times to get a feel for the truth, because official reports (and sometimes personal reports) are unreliable, due to censorship and also the fact that people “talking” are taking their lives into their hands. But it appears that Panahi was at work on a new film that was threatening:<\/p>\n

Media reports said Panahi was arrested for making a film about the unrest which rocked the Islamic republic after the June 12 disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.<\/p>\n

Panahi was producing “an anti-regime film with his colleagues but the security apparatus vigilantly discovered their moves and they were arrested,” said leading conservative news website Tabnak.<\/p>\n

Opposition website Rahesabz echoed the report and said: “Intelligence officials said Panahi and a movie crew were making an unauthorised film about the incidents linked with the election at his home.”<\/p>\n

But his son, Panah Panahi, has denied the reports.<\/p>\n

And on Tuesday, Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi said Panahi was not arrested for political reasons or because he is an artist. He was “accused of some crimes and arrested with another person following an order by a judge.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, isn’t that convenient. It’s not that he’s political or an artist, it’s because of OTHER crimes. Uh-huh.<\/p>\n

Very glad his wife and daughter are out. Fingers crossed for Mr. Panahi. And selfishly, I am thrilled to hear about his new film. It’s been a long time since Offside<\/i>, a long time for us fans to wait. The very fact that the regime is trying to stop him from proceeding means he’s hit the sweet spot. Paying a big price, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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