{"id":1732,"date":"2022-10-19T16:50:29","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T16:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/19\/iranian-canadian-director-prevented-from-leaving-tehran-to-attend-london-film-fest\/"},"modified":"2022-10-19T16:50:29","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T16:50:29","slug":"iranian-canadian-director-prevented-from-leaving-tehran-to-attend-london-movie-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/19\/iranian-canadian-director-prevented-from-leaving-tehran-to-attend-london-movie-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian Canadian director prevented from leaving Tehran to attend London movie fest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-byline\">\n<div class=\"c-byline__text\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span>By Workers<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-byline__source c-byline__source--noName\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-byline__datesWrapper\">\n<div class=\"c-byline__dates\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Posted October 15, 2022 4:05 pm<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"l-article__details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Social share --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Font sizer template --><\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__fontSizer\">\n<div id=\"article-fontSizer\" class=\"c-fontSizer\">\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--decrease c-button c-button--details\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Decrease Font\" data-title=\"Decrease text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Descrease article font dimension<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=w3myghvah#font-decrease\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--increase c-button c-button--details\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Increase Font\" data-title=\"Increase text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Improve article font dimension<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=w3myghvah#font-increase\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Hidden Social Share Popup --><\/p><\/div>\n<article class=\"l-article__text js-story-text\" aria-label=\"Article text\">\n<p>MONTREAL \u2014 An <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/iranian-canadian\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iranian-Canadian<\/a> director says he was unable to attend a movie competition in London Friday as Iranian authorities prevented his departure.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Director Mani Haghighi mentioned in an Instagram video that he was unable to attend a screening of his movie on the London Movie Competition as a result of Iranian authorities stopped him from boarding his flight in Tehran and later confiscated his passport.<\/p>\n<p>The British Movie Institute mentioned in an announcement that Haghighi was as a consequence of attend the competition along with his movie \u201cSubtraction,\u201d which debuted on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition final month.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"readmore\">\n<p class=\"c-readmore\" id=\"recirc_test_read_more\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"c-readmore__label\"><strong>Learn extra: <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"c-readmore__link\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9169782\/richmond-hill-iran-protest\/\" data-track-region=\"content-read-more\" title=\"More than 50K attend Richmond Hill, Ont. protest against Iranian government\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tGreater than 50K attend Richmond Hill, Ont. protest towards Iranian authorities\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<section id=\"recirc_test_inline_stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile is-hidden l-inlineStories--abTest\" aria-label=\"\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Learn Extra<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline\">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9169782\/richmond-hill-iran-protest\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" 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