Jafar Panahi’s lawyer has batted back rumors that the dissident director has left Iran for good, following reports of his first international trip in 14 years due to the lifting of a travel ban.

The lawyer has since been the subject of Jeff Kaufman’s 2020 documentary Nasrin. In March 2019, Sotoudeh was sentenced to 38 years in prison and 148 lashes, this was later reduced to 10 years.

The lawyer is also known in the cinema world for her appearance in Jafar Panahi’s 2015 Berlinale Golden Bear winner Taxi, in which she boards his vehicle on route to see her then client Ghoncheh ...

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Jafar Panahi’s lawyer has batted back rumors that the dissident director has left Iran for good, following reports of his first international trip in 14 years due to the lifting of a travel ban.