Iranian director Dariush Mehrjui and his wife found murdered in their home

Dariush Mehrjui, the director who helped lead a new filmmaking movement in his native Iran with films like 1969’s The Cow, was found stabbed to death this weekend alongside his wife, Vahideh Mohammadifar, in their home near Tehran. That comes from Variety, which says the news was first reported by Iran’s state media…

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