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Panahis wife condemned the governments decision in a statement to BBC Persia.
Jafar has some rights as a citizen, shesaid.
To imprison someone, the person needs to be summoned first.
But to imprison someone who is protesting outside the jail raises a lot of questions.
This is a kidnapping.
Irans judiciary says that Panahi never completed the six-year prison term he was ordered to serve in 2010.
Cannes Film Festival issued a statement in response to the string of arrests.
