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.
who was arrested last summer, weeks before his latest film was released to widespread acclaim, has gone on hunger strike to protest his continued detention amid more than four months of anti-government protests.
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. DIRECTOR PAUL HAGGIS LEADS PACK OF HOLLYWOOD STARS PROTESTING IMPRISONMENT OF IRANIAN FILMMAKER JAFAR PANAHI
His latest film,"No Bears," in which he plays a fictionalized version of himself while making a film along the Iran-Turkey border, premiered at the Venice Film Festival in September, a week before the protests began.
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