Escape Filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof Flees Iran After Harsh Sentence, Headed to Cannes Film Festival
Berlin, Germany – Acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof has recently fled his home country to an undisclosed location in Europe. This move comes after a court in Iran sentenced him to prison on national security charges. Rasoulof condemned the Iranian government for its actions, calling it a tyrannical and oppressive regime in a post on Instagram. The filmmaker expressed his decision to escape Iran after being informed by his lawyers that his prison sentence would …