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Film director Rasoulof fled Iran on foot, newspaper says
Voice of America
FILE — Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof poses as he arrives for a prize ceremony at the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 27, 2017. A newspaper reported May 17, 2024, that Rasoulof escaped Iran on foot and is now in Germany.
Film director Mohammad Rasoulof made an "exhausting and extremely dangerous" walk across a mountainous borderland to avoid being jailed in Iran on national security charges, he told The Guardian newspaper.
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