One of the Oscar-nominated writers behind the Iranian drama βIt Was Just an Accidentβ has been detained in Tehran, just weeks before the Academy Awards.
Representatives for the film on Sunday said that Mehdi Mahmoudian was arrested Saturday. No details on the charges against Mahmoudian were available. But his arrest came just days after Mahmoudian and 16 others signed a statement condemning Islamic Republic leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and t
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