{"id":108479,"date":"2023-01-31T08:51:59","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T13:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/?p=108479"},"modified":"2023-01-31T08:51:59","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T13:51:59","slug":"top-iran-filmmaker-banned-from-travel-after-backing-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/2023\/01\/31\/top-iran-filmmaker-banned-from-travel-after-backing-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Iran Filmmaker Banned from Travel After Backing Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"dateline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-108480 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Masoud-Kimiai-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Masoud-Kimiai-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Masoud-Kimiai-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Masoud-Kimiai.jpg 600w, https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Masoud-Kimiai-24x16.jpg 24w, https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Masoud-Kimiai-36x24.jpg 36w, https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Masoud-Kimiai-48x32.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>VOA \u2014 TEHRAN, IRAN \u2014 <\/span>Iranian authorities have imposed a travel ban on leading filmmaker Masoud Kimiai, local media reported Monday, after he expressed support for protests that have gripped the Islamic republic for months.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has seen a wave of demonstrations that erupted after the September 16 death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, an ethnic Kurd, following her arrest for allegedly violating the country&#8217;s strict dress code for women.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The filmmaker, who wanted to go to the Netherlands on Sunday evening to participate in the Rotterdam film festival, was banned from leaving the airport,&#8221; the local Tehran daily Hamshahri said on its website.<\/p>\n<p>In a video on September 22, days after the protests broke out, Kimiai had said he was &#8220;standing with the people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kimiai, 81, is considered a pioneer of modern Iranian cinema, having gained acclaim with his 1969 film &#8220;Qeysar,&#8221; which was released 10 years before the Islamic revolution.<\/p>\n<p>The filmmaker was due to travel to the Netherlands for the screening of his latest film, &#8220;Killing the Traitor,&#8221; a historical melodrama set in 1950s Iran.<\/p>\n<p>The 2022 film, described as a &#8220;sepia-tinted melodrama&#8221; on the Rotterdam festival&#8217;s website, tackles the period when then-Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh nationalized Iran&#8217;s oil industry.<\/p>\n<p>Mossadegh was ousted in a 1953 coup orchestrated by London and Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Several high-profile Iranian filmmakers and actors have been questioned or arrested by the authorities after expressing support for the wave of protests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VOA \u2014 TEHRAN, IRAN \u2014 Iranian authorities have imposed a travel ban on leading filmmaker Masoud Kimiai, local media reported Monday, after he expressed support for protests that have gripped the Islamic republic for months. 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