An award-winning Iranian movie director fled the Islamic republic after being sentenced to eight years in prison, flogging and confiscation of property amid a crackdown on dissent, according to a statement released Monday. “I arrived in Europe a few days ago after a long and complicated journey,” Mohammad Rasoulof, 51, said in the statement, according to theAssociated Press. Rasoulof’s lawyer, Babak Paknia, said last week on X that Rasoulof was punished for “signing statements and making films and documentaries” that the court conisdered “collusion with the intention of committing a crime agai…