Berlin winner in 2015 detained while querying arrests of two other directors after protests over building collapse
He was previously arrested with Rasoulof after anti-government protests in 2010 and sentenced to six years in jail, after which neither were permitted to leave the country.
The demonstrators had demanded that “incompetent officials” responsible for the tragedy be prosecuted and punished. Many faced teargas, warning shots and arrests by the police. The Metropol collapse dredged up memories of past national disasters and shone a spotlight on shoddy construction practices, government corruption and negligence in Iran.. It tells four stories loosely connected to the themes of the death penalty in Iran and personal freedoms under tyranny.
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