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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Iranian director freed on bail after going on hunger strike

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi was released on bail Friday, two days after going on hunger strike to protest his six-year sentence, his supporters said.

Panahi was arrested last July and ordered to serve a previous sentence dating back to 2011 — on charges of propagandizing against the government — that had never been carried out.

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