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Iranian filmmaker flees his country after flogging, prison sentence
Award-winning Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof has fled to Europe just days after he was sentenced to prison, lashings and confiscation of property by the Islamic Republic. “I arrived in Europe a few days ago after a long and complicated journey,” Rasoulof said in a statement dated Sunday and shared with The Associated Press. His lawyer told the AP last week that he was sentenced to eight years in prison and lashings, shortly before his expected trip to the Cannes Film Festival. Iranian authorities have yet to acknowledge the filmmaker's sentence and no immediate comment regarding his departure was released, the news wire added. In a statement posted to his Instagram account

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