Abuse of animals in Iran is worst than human rights abuses. Killing dogs is a government mandate. To love and own a dog is forbidden. Everything good is forbidden. People take their own lives and only Panahi could make this inhumane society (government) into a gripping film. And is there any wonder that they have kept him hostage in his own country and have forbidden him writing or making films, A truly devastating situation for his people, his art, his family and himself