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Iran director Panahi appears at Tehran funeral for ex-football star

Tehran, Iran ·

Video reports showed Jafar Panahi at the funeral of a veteran football star, his first public appearance since returning to Iran in March. He returned shortly after attending the 2026 Oscars in Los Angeles, despite facing legal cases, and had won the top prize at the 2025 Cannes festival.

Jafar Panahi is an Iranian filmmaker whose work often deals with social issues in Iran; he has faced travel bans and imprisonment in the past, and his films have won major international awards.

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