{"id":8277,"date":"2010-06-07T14:28:12","date_gmt":"2010-06-07T13:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/issues\/human-rights\/8277-opposition-iranian-film-maker-resurfaces-in-germany"},"modified":"2023-01-13T14:34:59","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T13:34:59","slug":"opposition-iranian-film-maker-resurfaces-in-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/opposition-iranian-film-maker-resurfaces-in-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition Iranian film-maker resurfaces in Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-35301\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/06\/daryoush-shokof.jpg\" alt=\"Opposition Iranian film-maker resurfaces in Germany\" title=\"Opposition Iranian film-maker resurfaces in Germany\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" align=\"right\" \/>(AFP) &#8211; An Iranian film-maker and outspoken critic of his country&#039;s regime who was missing in Germany for 12 days has resurfaced, prosecutors said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Daryush Shokof, whose latest film &quot;Hitler&#039;s Grave&quot; denounces the hardline Iranian government, was expected in Paris on May 24 but was last seen at a rail station in the western city of Cologne, the National Council of Resistance of Iran opposition group had reported.  He was found late Saturday in Cologne, a spokesman for the city&#039;s public prosecutor, Guenther Feld, told AFP but declined to provide further details.<\/p>\n<p>The local daily Koelner Stadt-Anzeiger reported that the 55-year-old director was found by three youths on the banks of the Rhine, physically weakened and saying he had been kidnapped.<\/p>\n<p>Feld declined to comment on the allegations, citing a police inquiry, but said the probe was &quot;very general&quot; and not specifically focused on an alleged abduction.<\/p>\n<p>The 55-year-old director, who lives in Germany and directed Anthony Quinn in &quot;Seven Servants&quot; in 1996, has reportedly held a number of hunger strikes demanding political liberalisation in Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(AFP) &ndash; An Iranian film-maker and outspoken critic of his country&#8217;s regime who was missing in Germany for 12 days has resurfaced, prosecutors said on Monday. 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