PANAHI RELEASED FROM PRISON
Iranian director JAFAR PANAHI has been released from prison after spendin g more than two months behind bars.
The filmmaker has walked free from Tehran’s Evin jail on $200,000 (=C2=A3 133,000) bail just weeks after a group of Hollywood stars including Rober t De Niro, Robert Redford and Steven Spielberg signed an open letter to g overnment officials demanding his release.
Panahi, a vocal supporter of the country’s opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi, was imprisoned in March (10) following a police raid on his hom e in Tehran. His arrest has been linked to his decision to back Mousavi i n the contested 2009 election.
According to the IRNA news agency, Panahi’s case will be reviewed by a revolutionary court and he may still face trial.
Panahi embarked on a hunger strike last week (ends23May10) to protest h is detention.
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