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Mohammad Rasoulof In An “Undisclosed Location In Europe” After Fleeing Iran Following Eight-Year Prison Sentence Ruling
Mohammad Rasoulof was handed an eight-year prison sentence by Iranian authorities.
Dissident Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof has left Iran and is currently staying in what he described as an “undisclosed location in Europe” in a statement shared with the international press this afternoon. However, the judicial system of the Islamic Republic has issued so many cruel and strange decisions that I do not feel it is my place to complain about my sentence,” Rasoulof’s statement reads. In his latest brush with Iran’s hardline regime, he was arrested in July 2022 for signing a petition titled “Lay Down Your Arms” calling on security forces to exercise restraint in relation to popular protests.
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