Mehdi Mahmoudian, the Iranian co-writer of Jafar Panahi’s Oscar-nominated film It Was Just An Accident has been arrested in Iran for signing an open letter criticising the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the government for the handling of the protests that have shaken the country and resulted in countless deaths.
Neon, the US distributor of It Was Just An Accident, revealed that Mahmoudian was taken into custody in Tehran along with two other signatories, Vida Rabbani and Abdullah Momeni.
