Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi loses plagiarism case in Iranian court

Grand prix winner at last year's Cannes film festival for A Hero, the director was sued by a former student for taking the story uncredited from her documentary

Asghar Farhadi, the Oscar winning director of A Separation and The Salesman, has lost a plagiarism case brought by one of his former students, who had claimed he took the idea for his 2021 film A Hero from a documentary she had made for a film class.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Azadeh Masihzadeh brought the case after Farhadi had earlier sued her for defamation; in both cases the courts ruled in Masihzadeh's favour.