Jafar Panahi, at his Tehran home,Internationally acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, slated to serve as a jury member at the Cannes festival, couldn’t attend because he was being heldæ in TehranÍs Evin prison. In March 2010, plainclothes security officials raided PanahiÍs Tehran home and arrested him along with his wife, daughter and 15 house guests. Though Iranian authorities shortly released the others, they held on to Panahi, accusing him of ñmaking a film against the regime following the post-election events,Tehran-Iran1/01/2006/Credit:SATYAR/SIPA/1005151254
