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Iranian film legend Abbas Kiarostami dies

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Video. Iranian film legend Abbas Kiarostami dies

Updated: 05/07/2016 - 15:17 GMT+2

Abbas Kiarostami was the international giant of Iranian cinema who managed to express himself as a director without falling foul of Iran’s notorious censors.

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