Mehdi Mahmoudian, the Oscar-nominated co-writer of Jafar Panahi’s Cannes Palme d’Or winner It Was Just an Accident, has been released from Nowshahr Prison in northeastern Iran, according to reports.

The Academy Award–nominated screenwriter was freed on bail after 17 days in custody following his arrest for signing a ...

Over the weekend, Jafar Panahi told IndieWire why his co-writer Mahmoudian was imprisoned, and why the director will return ...

Mehdi Mahmoudian, who is nominated for an Oscar for his screenplay for Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident, was imprisoned after he signed a letter condemning Khamenei.