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flag Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, banned in Iran, promotes his Oscar-submitted film "It Was Just an Accident," shot secretly, highlighting repression and moral dilemmas under censorship.

flag Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, banned from traveling and filmmaking in Iran, is promoting his Cannes Palme d'Or-winning film "It Was Just an Accident" in the U.S. after France submitted it for the 2026 Oscars due to its French post-production. flag The film, shot secretly under surveillance and completed in a van, tells of a former torturer captured by former political prisoners, exploring moral choices amid repression. flag Panahi, imprisoned twice and restricted until 2023, hopes Oscar rules will change to allow dissident artists to represent their countries despite censorship. flag The film reflects Iran’s ongoing struggles, especially after the 2022 protests sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death, and underscores the enduring global impact of Iranian humanist cinema.

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