Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof 'secretly' leaves Iran ahead of Cannes

"I am grateful to my friends, acquaintances, and people who kindly, selflessly, and sometimes by risking their lives, helped me get out of the border and reach a safe place on the difficult and long path of this journey," Rasoulof, whose film "The Seed of the Sacred Fig" is to premiere at Cannes, wrote on his official Instagram page. Taking aim at the Islamic republic's theocratic leaders, Rasoulof said he was joining millions of Iranians across the world in the exile of a "cultural Iran" outside...