Exiled Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof has broken his silence following the reported killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, delivering a scathing critique of what he described as a legacy built on “fake holiness” and repression.


Mohammad Rasoulof Slams Khamenei's Legacy of Fake Holiness

Forced to flee Iran, dissident director Mohammad Rasoulof says it is bittersweet that his latest movie will contend at the Oscars -- under the banner of another country.

Iran director in exile says 'bittersweet' to rep Germany at Oscars

Film director Mohammad Rasoulof made an "exhausting and extremely dangerous" walk across a mountainous borderland in order to avoid being jailed in Iran on national security charges, he told the Guardian newspaper.

Film director Mohammad Rasoulof fled Iran on foot