May 6, 2016 Meet the Middle East

Iranian filmmaker sentenced to 233 lashes

Keywan Karimi ran into trouble with Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards over a documentary he shot called "Writing on the City" about graffiti in the capital Tehran.He spent 15 days in solitary confinement in 2013 and was accused of making "propaganda against the regime" and "insulting religious values".
Source: Albawaba
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