Iran Pressures Mohammed Rasoulof to Pull ‘Seed of the Sacred Fig’ From Cannes, Slaps Travel Ban on Film’s Actors

Iranian authorities are exerting heavy pressure on director Mohammad Rasoulof to pull his latest work “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” from the Cannes Film Festival by harassing the film’s producers and actors who have been summoned for questioning and banned from leaving the country. Human rights lawyer Babak Paknia, who is Rasoulof’s lawyer, said […]
Variety