Iranian film director who was arrested last summer goes on hunger strike in prison
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Jafar Panahi, an imprisoned Iranian film director, has announced he is going on a hunger strike. Panahi was detained after speaking out against Iran's theocracy.
He's among a number of Iranian artists, sports figures and other celebrities who have been detained after speaking out against Iran's theocracy. Such arrests have become increasingly frequent since nationwide protests broke out in September over the death of a young woman in police custody.
Panahi, 62, was sentenced to six years in prison in 2011 on charges of producing anti-government propaganda, but the sentence was never carried out. Banned from both travel and filmmaking, he continued to make underground films that were released abroad to great acclaim.
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