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Iranian dissident Jafar Panahi wins Palme d’Or at Cannes

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Cannes 2025: Iran summons French diplomat over FM's 'insulting' remarks at film festival
France's envoy in Tehran was summoned Sunday over "insulting" comments by France's foreign minister after an Iranian film won the top prize at the Cannes film festival, state media reported. In a post on X after dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi won the Palme d'Or on Saturday,

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Cannes: Dissident Iranian director wins Palme d'Or at film festival
Iran's Panahi wins Palme d'Or at Cannes for 'It Was Just an Accident'
Iranian director speaks out after Cannes triumph
Panahi's last spell in prison, from which he was freed in 2023, was for protesting against the detention of two fellow film-makers who had been critical of the authorities.

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Jafar Panahi wins Palme d’Or for ‘It Was Just an Accident’ as Cannes draws curtains on a starry and divisive year
"It Was Just an Accident" wins Palme d'Or trophy at Cannes awards
'It Was Just An Accident' by Iran's Jafar Panahi wins Cannes' top prize
Rising British actor Josh O'Connor was drawn to how normal his character in "The Mastermind", a suburban dad who cooks up an art heist, seemed when he signed on to U.S. director Kelly Reichardt's new ...

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Cannes Film Festival Winners 2025: ‘It Was Just an Accident’ Wins Palme d’Or
Cannes Awards: Jafar Panahi Wins the Palme d’Or for ‘It Was Just an Accident,’ While ‘The Secret Agent’ Earns Dual Prizes
Iran summons French envoy after FM’s Cannes comments
Mr Jean-Noel Barrot called the win a "gesture of resistance against the Iranian regime’s oppression”. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Jafar Panahi Intends to Keep Up the Fight Via Film: “Even My Closest Friends Had Given up Hope”
The dissident Iranian director, no longer under a travel ban from Tehran, returned to Cannes for the first time in two decades to present the competition film 'It Was Just An Accident.'
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