Iranian filmmakers Mohamad Rasoulof and Mustafa Al Ahmad arrested for protesting against the authorities

July 9 (EUROPA PRESS) –

Iranian filmmakers Mohamad Rasoulof and Mustafa Al Ahmad have been detained by authorities on charges of disturbing state security after protesting against the authorities’ reaction to protests over the Metropol building collapse in May, which left more than 40 dead. and provoked strong demonstrations in the country.

The arrests of Rasoulof — winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for the film against the death penalty ‘The Lives of Others’ — and Al Ahmad occurred last Friday night in Tehran, confirms the semi-official agency Iranian Fars news agency.

The main reason is the participation of both artists in a statement called “Put down your arms” that called for the Iranian authorities to contain themselves in the repression of the protests over the collapse of the building in the province of Khuzestan (south), who condemned the “incompetence ” from the Iranian officials responsible for their oversight.

Kaveh Farnam and Farzad Pak, two of Rasoulof’s Iranian producers, have condemned the “coordinated and brutal attack under false pretexts” that led to the arrest of the filmmakers, who “have been transferred to an unknown location.”