Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s Brutal Artist Crackdown
The harsh sentencing of a world-renowned director prompted protests from Martin Scorsese and other artists this week. Omid Memarian on escalating repression in Iran.
Celebrated Iranian film director Jafar Panahi stands in front of a poster advertising his film "The Circle" and an Iranian painting in Tehran, Iran on August 30, 2010. (Photo by Atta Kenare / AFP / Getty Images)
