Diplomatic Episode of Tehran – Paris For the award of Iranian director Jafar Panahi with the Golden Palm. Iran called on the Frenchman in Tehran for explanations, protesting the “offensive” statements made after the Golden Phoenix of the Cannes Festival to the Iranian director.

The 64 -year -old Panahi was awarded for the film “A Simple accident”, a political thriller in which former prisoners are tempted to avenge their torture. Defying the laws of the Islamic Republic, many actors appear in the film with their head uncovered.

Welcome to Panahi’s victory, French diplomat leader Jean-Noel Baro criticized Tehran in a post on the X platform. “In an act of resistance to the oppression of the Iranian regime, Jafar Panahi wins the Golden Palm, giving hope to all the fighters of freedom, everywhere in the world » He mentioned, causing the wrath of Tehran.

“Following the offensive statements and unfounded allegations of the French Foreign Minister against Iran, the (France) in Tehran was summoned to the Foreign Ministry,” the Foreign Ministry, ” transmitted the official IRNA agency. Iran condemns the “abusive use” of the Cannes Festival by the French government to “promote its political agenda against the Islamic Republic,” he added.

Panahi has been imprisoned twice in Iran: 86 days in 2010 and about seven months between 2022-23. Etemad, Shargh and Ham Mihan reform newspapers have transmitted the award of Panahi on their websites, without commenting. Most media were not mentioned at all. State television also broadcast nothing about the Golden Palm, but focused on the Resistance Film Festival, where Philop-Palestinian films or films on the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88) are screened.

Panahi has been awarded abroad many times, such as in Cannes, Venice and Berlin. The director intends to return to his homeland today and, as he said to the French agency “It’s not afraid.”

‘Travelers are returning home’ He wrote Sunday on Instagram, accompanying the post with a photo of himself and his associates.

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