If things work out as the U.S. and Israel governments are hoping they might, regime-change-wise, Jafar Panahi‘s problems with the Iranian government might be over.
Both Panahi and Asghar Farhadi are liberals and generally not regarded as allies or even vague supporters of Trump or Netanyahu, but the fact is that many if not most of the educated, independent-minded Iranians over there are, for the time being, overjoyed about the murdering missiles that rained down upon Iran last weekend.
This puts Panahi and Farhadi, allegiance- and reputation-wise, between a rock and a hard place. It boxes them in.