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Abbas Kiarostami

Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q10855195&amp;oldid=2545581168" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Officer of the Legion of Honour
Education: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q737835&amp;oldid=2541462936" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">University of Tehran
Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q1529156&amp;oldid=2321306037" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Konrad Wolf Prize · dated 2003

Wikidata describes Abbas Kiarostami as Iranian film director, screenwriter, photographer and film producer (1940-2016).

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