Jafar Panahi doesn't want to be called a hero. He just wants to make films

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Jafar Panahi doesn't want to be called a hero. He just wants to make films

Friday 17th October 2025, 5:05PM

The Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has been imprisoned, banned from traveling, put under house arrest and ordered to stop making films for 20 years

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