Iranian director Jafar Panahi will be released
The Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who was arrested in late February for opposing President Mahmud Ahmadinejad, is expected to be released today, said the wife of director quoted by Iranian news agency ILNA.
Iranian director Jafar Panahi has been sentenced to six years in prison and banned from making films for the next 20 years, the UK's Guardian reported.