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7 June 2010 11:00 AM, PDT | CriterionCast | See recent CriterionCast news »

Just one day before the release of previously jailed filmmaker, Jafar Panahi, yet another Iranian film director, the exiled Daryush Shokof, unfortunately went missing.

The director, who resides in Germany, was set to hop a train to Paris on May 24th, but has not been heard from since. The last time he was in the mainstream spotlight, the director was showing two films, Iran Zendan and Hitler’s Grave, in Berlin.

Much like Panahi, the filmmaker had been critical of the current Iranian regime, with the aforementioned films being reportedly rampantly anti-regime. This disappearance has family and friends of the filmmaker worried, that foul play may be involved here.

Friend Kazem Moussavi spoke with the AP and said that they “fear that the Iranian regime is responsible for his disappearance.” There are even reports that the director had received threatening calls following the release of pieces of his film, Iran Zendan, »

- Joshua Brunsting

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