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Mohammad Rasoulof on Escaping Iran and Why the Regime Won’t ‘Last Long’: We Can’t ‘Allow Them to Go on Holding Their People Hostage’
Mohammad Rasoulof talks escaping Iran and why he thinks the oppressive regime cannot last much longer.
Dissident Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof a few days ago absconded from his country with a heavy heart after being sentenced to eight years in prison and flogging by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Court for making his latest film, “ The Seed of the Sacred Fig.” Ironically, the groundbreaking drama is centered on an investigating judge operating within the same judicial system that has been heavily harassing the film’s producers and actors, and that intended to put Rasoulof behind bars. Prior to the timely drama’s bow, Rasoulof spoke to Variety about his drive to keep making movies about Iran that speak truth to power — regardless of the consequences — and expressed his firm conviction that the fiercely repressive Iranian regime is on its last legs.
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