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7:45 PM ET, August 16, 2023

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Candice Ortiz / Mediaite:

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Danielle Kaye / NPR:

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Iran sentences Saeed Roustayi to six months for making and screening his film Leila's Brothers at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival; he will serve about nine days — Celebrated Iranian director and screenwriter Saeed Roustayi has been sentenced to six months of correctional imprisonment …

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