Jafar Panahi to announce shock retirement?
- By Smith Alexander
- Tehran
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Sad news for Panahi fans. Speculation had been rife that the Iranian director best known for The Circle or The White Balloon, will announce his retirement from all public activities, at age 65, with immediate effect.
UPDATE 26/08/2025 : This story seems to be false. (read more)
Being a director isn't fun anymore
“As we get older, there are phases of life that we enter into, and being a director-screenwriter-producer just isn't fun anymore,” he might have said, says a source who remained anonymous. Other reports hinted that he may branch out into other creative fields he is better at (and more interested in), though they didn't provide any details.
#ThankYouJafar
For a little while on Monday evening, #ThankYouJafar was a trending hashtag on Twitter. As many fans reminisce and look back on all the unforgettable memories, some may wonder what about now made him make the decision.
“You’ve accomplished everything I ever dreamed of #ThankYouJafar.”
— @DesireePlum, 25 Aug 2025
“Panahi wasn't retired?”
— @borisB0, 25 Aug 2025
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