Actress Baran Rasoulof, left, holds aloft The Golden Bear for Best Film in place of director Mohammad Rasoulof, who did not attend, for the film 'Sheytan vojud nadarad' (There Is No Evil), presented by actor Jeremy Irons during the award ceremony at the 70th International Berlinale Film Festival in Berlin, Germany. Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
March 4, 2020
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Lawyer says award-winning Iran filmmaker summoned to prison
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian filmmaker who just won the Berlin Film Festival's Golden Bear has been summoned to serve a one-year prison sentence over his movies, his lawyer said Wednesday.