Roya Rastegar

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Remembrances are pouring out for the Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami who died    on Monday    at the age of 76. He was undergoing treatment for cancer in Paris.

The Poetic Life and Films of Iranian Filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami

Remembrances are pouring out for the Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami who died on Monday at the age of 76. He was undergoing treatment for cancer in Paris.

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