Iranian filmamker Jafar Panahi goes on hunger strike as authorities hold him in Prison
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Dissident Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi is on a hunger strike to protest his ongoing detention at Iran's harsh Evin prison, even though his sentence has been declared void by the country's Supreme Court. The move comes just days after hopes that the director was on the verge of being released on bail were dashed, even though his lawyer Saleh Nikbakht had successfully challenged his detention, reports Deadline.