After his awards on Saturday with the Golden Palm at the Cannes Festival, the internationally acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi was accepted by his supporters at Tehran Airport without encountering problems by the Iranian authorities.

After he had been forbidden to leave Iran for years, he had made illegal films, spent time in prison, Jafar Panahi won one of the biggest distinctions of world cinema for his latest film “A Simple Accident”.

The Iranian director arrived at Ayatollah Ruchrohah Khomeini Airport at dawn and was welcomed by boarding the plane and at the luggage compartment, according to videos posted by the Human Rights Observatory Dadban.

Indeed, the slogan of the protest movement 2022-2023 “Woman. Life. Freedom! ”He heard in one of the videos.

On his way out of the airport he was applauded by dozens of supporters, according to videos posted on Instagram by Iranian director Mahi Naderi and broadcast by Iran International Channel, Iranian media -based media.

“New blood in the veins of independent Iranian cinema,” wrote Mahi Naderi.

His reception back home contradicts the cold reception that Iranian state media and the Iranian leadership in his award with the first Iranian golden palm tree from the film “The Taste of the Cherry” by Abbas Kiarostami (1940-2016).

“In a move of resistance to the oppression of the Iranian regime, Jafar Panahi is honored with the golden palm tree who revives the hope of all freedom fighters everywhere in the world,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel.

In response, Tehran invited the French -based French to denounce “abusive statements and unfounded allegations,” according to IRNA.