I've been meaning to comment on this for some time, but now may be as good a time as any. Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has reportedly been released from prison.
The director of such masterpieces as The Circle, Crimson Gold and Offside, Panahi had been imprisoned for unidentified "offenses" by the Iranian government. He was first detained after visiting gravesites of some Iranians slain during the Green Revolution.
The imprisonment that apparently just ended was reportedly due to Panahi's intention to produce a film based on that revolution.
Rightfully so, a number of powerful American filmmakers signed a letter imploring the Iranian government to release their colleague.
It seems that has happened and it's about damn time.
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