{
  "id": 17998721,
  "title": "Iran director Panahi appears at Tehran funeral for ex-football star",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/iran-director-panahi-appears-at-tehran-funeral-for-ex-football-star",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-03T17:30:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
    "slug": "al-monitor",
    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/11/iran-director-panahi-appears-tehran-funeral-ex-football-star"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Iranian award-winning film director Jafar Panahi on Tuesday made his first public appearance since returning to Iran earlier this year, at the funeral of a veteran football star, video reports showed. Panahi, who won the top prize at the 2025 Cannes film festival, returned to Iran in March shortly after attending the 2026 Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles, despite facing legal cases and bitterly…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}