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Jafar Panahi Returns to Cheers in Tehran as Palme d’Or Victory Prompts Diplomatic Spat Between France and Iran
Jafar Panahi has returned to cheers in Tehran as his Palme d'Or victory prompts a diplomatic spat between France and Iran.
Dissident Iranian director Jafar Panahi has returned to Tehran cheered by supporters after scooping the Cannes Palme d’Or for his new film “It Was Just an Accident” which is sparking a diplomatic spat between Iran and France. Panahi arrived at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport on Monday morning greeted by applause, as he hugged friends and fans who presented him with flowers when the revered auteur descended the escalator from passport control, as seen on social media posts. Meanwhile, also on social media, a spat has erupted after French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot called Panahi’s victory “a gesture of resistance against the Iranian regime’s oppression” in a post on X.
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