Awful! Iranian Director Sentenced To Prison For Making "Opposition" Films
This is why we should all be very grateful for the freedoms we have in America.
Acclaimed director Jafar Panahi was sentenced to six years in prison yesterday for "acting and propaganda against the system."
It was no secret that Jafar, who is the winner of many international awards, is not supportive of the Iran's elected leader and fervently campaigned for his opposition. Early last March, Jafar was arrested at his home and then forced into trial, accused of making a film without permission and inciting opposition protests after the 2009 election that led to months of political turmoil.
With this guilty verdict, not only will he spend the next six years in jail, but he is also banned from "making films, writing any kind of scripts, traveling abroad and talking to local and foreign media for 20 years," according to his lawyer.
They have 20 days to appeal the ruling, which we hope they do, but it may not end successfully.
Not only has one of his fundamental freedoms been compromised, but now he must suffer for being brave enough to speak his mind.
Such a shame. He is in our thoughts.
[Image via AP Images.]
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Enjoy your so called freedom while it lasts,the Fema death camps are already in place.
perez we dont come here to hear your take on political matters, mainly because you dont know shit about politics. this is a celebrity gossip website, keep it that way, k?
Re: gregoryschmo – Chill out, some people think this is interesting. I do. So kindly shut up.
If everyone likes the freedom they have now, we should all take a good look at the situation with Wikileaks. Taking away the freedom of the press is the first step towards a dictatorship.
IRAN sux!
oh my god this is horrible.
hope he escapes from it.
I'm actually surprised they didn't just kill him. Probably will.
I like human interest stories on Perez. Keep it up!
Re: citygirl21 – Agreed !!! its not like hes annonymous hes a director and if a reality show twit is a celeb then so is he IMO …hes going against the ppl who rule his country that arent the most lenient so hes a brave man and i wish him the best
OMG!
That is horrible!
I truly hope Jafar Panahi is successful with his appeal.
I can't believe the lack of personal freedoms in some countries.
Wait until such sentences come to the United States under the guise of "anti-racism" and "stopping hate speech". We've already seen the American left try and push for such convictions because of people making movies criticizing left-wing politicians since (at least) Clinton was in office.
Horrible… he needs to sneak out ASAP.
Yet another great example of how awful the Islamic Thocracies around the world are ! Islam is repressive, violent and cruel to women gays and non Muslims
This isn't Joe Pesci?
????
This is the type of thing we should actually DO SOMETHING ABOUT.
You liberal retards had better wake the fuck up at get rid of the asshole in
the Whitehouse because he is in the process of doing the same thing. FCC
is allowing the government to control the internet. Better wake up libtards.
Thank you so much for posting this Perez! I am an Iranian American so this hits really close to home for me, I truly fear for his wellbeing while in prison in Iran. As most know the prisons in Iran -evin prison- are infamous for torturing their political prisoners. My heart goes out to him
Where are the LIBERALS in the UNITED STATES? WHERE ARE YOU? ARE YOU THAT FAT AND WEALTHY and only care about YOUR CASH FLOW and not give a shit where it COMES FROM? The RIGHT and CENTER are RUN-RUN-RUNNING away with the opposition to this shit and YOU ALL look like assholes. DONT BE AFRAID to stand up to this tyranny in the United States. Know your rights - they are THERE for YOU! PLEASE!! We are not far away from what you see in Iran coming to the US under Mashall Law. THERE IS NO FUCKING ECONOMIC RECOVERY!!!!! GET IT THROUGH YOUR HEADS!!! THIS IS THE NEW ECONOMY!!! It's your funeral.
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THANK YOU for caring enough to highlight this injustice. Panahi and another director, Mohammad Rasulov, were both sentenced to 6 years. Although they have the right to appeal, there have been some cases among the hundreds of people jailed since the stolen election where the sentence was actually INCREASED by the appeal court, so we are very concerned.
You don't think Obama wouldn't love to do that?