Iran's Panahi pokes fun at Iran's jailers in Cannes comeback
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CANNES Dissident Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi makes his first appearance at an international film festival in 15 years at Cannes on Tuesday with a story about political prisoners trying to get their own back on their jailers. Panahi was banned from making films and has been repeatedly detained since 2009 over his gritty, social dramas, considered subversive by the Islamic republic's regime. His new film, "It Was Just An Accident," which is in the running for Cannes's top prize, uses humor to
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