The award-winning Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof, who fled Iran, is expected to come to the Cannes Film Festival on the French Riviera sources close to the film festival confirmed on Wednesday. Rasoulof’s new film, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” is screening in competition in Cannes on Friday. A press conference is planned for Saturday. The director was sentenced to several years in prison in Iran and left his home country without authorization a few days ago. Celebrities have called for solidarity with Rasoulof and other persecuted filmmakers in Iran in an open letter. German filmmakers Sa…