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Iranian dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday for his revenge thriller "It Was Just an Accident," handing the festival's top prize to a director who had been banned from leaving Iran for more than 15 years.
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A substation was set on fire and a pylon damaged, interrupting screenings and affecting 160,000 homes.
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An arson attack and damage to a transmission tower cut off power in the area, the authorities said. The festival's closing ceremony on Saturday is scheduled to proceed normally.
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 Iranian dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi's revenge thriller It Was Just an Accident won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday, handing the festival's top prize to a director who had been banned from leaving Iran for more than 15 years.
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