MNA � An Iranian official announced on Sunday that the court judging the case for Abbas Kiarostami�s death has issued its final verdict reprimanding the guilty surgeon.







The case verdict for the late internationally-acclaimed Iranian film director Abbas Kiarostami was issued, announced Deputy Head of Iran Medical Council (IRIMC) Mohsen Khalili, on Sunday.

According to the verdict, the physician is sentenced to a written reprimand registered in his profile and published in medical media, Khalili said.

IRIMC earlier announced that the hospital reports received from France confirms IRIMC�s judgment about Abbas Kiarostami�s death.

The main cause of the noted Iranian director�s death had been reported as �meningeal hemorrhage� (bleeding within brain membranes).

The further inspections on Kiarostami�s death were carried out upon his son�s request.

Since 1970, Abbas Kiarostami (1940 �2016) had been involved in over forty films, including shorts and documentaries.

The director of �Certified Copy�, �Taste of Cherry�, �Through the Olive Trees� and �Where Is Friend�s Home�, Kiarostami died on July 4, 2016 at the age of 76 in Paris. He was a filmmaker, photographer, producer, screenwriter, poet, graphic designer and a video artist.