Director was detained for criticizing the government's crackdown on protests in the southwestern city of Abadan over a deadly building collapse

Jafar Panahi released from notorious Evin Prison; was detained last year on old charges when he went to Tehran prosecutor’s office to inquire about the arrests of other filmmakers

Award-winning moviemaker, awaiting trial for 'propaganda against the system,' vows to refuse food, water, medication until he or his 'lifeless body' is freed from prison in Tehran

Supreme Court to decide Friday whether to release Jafar Panahi, 62, who was convicted in 2010 for 'propaganda against the system'

Jafar Panahi taken to notorious Evin detention center to serve out remainder of earlier six-year sentence after inquiring into fate of arrested filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof

Jafar Panahi, originally sentenced in 2010, had been on conditional release until he was arrested last week when inquiring about detention of fellow movie producer