Mehdi Mahmoudian Arrested After Criticizing Ali Khamenei Before Oscars

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Mehdi Mahmoudian and activists Vida Rabbani and Abdollah Momeni were arrested in Tehran after signing a letter condemning Ali Khamenei.The screenwriter was detained just weeks before his film "It Was Just an Accident" competes for two awards at the upcoming Academy Awards.Director Jafar Panahi and laureate Narges Mohammadi also signed the statement following a government crackdown that resulted in thousands of deaths.
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