Board Flight: Tanavoli and Iranian Officials

board flight: I just continue doing my artwork, according to CTV. And this artwork, it was never, ever before questioned." Tanavoli said that on July 2, officials at Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport took his Iranian passport when he tried to board a flight for speaking engagements at the British Museum and Asia House in London. I am not a political man. He posted on Facebook that he tried unsuccessfully to resolve the issue at Iran main passport office. After learning he wouldn't be able to leave the country, Tanavoli returned to his work preparing for an upcoming exhibition in Iran. Tanavoli said last week that Iranian officials had received a complaint that his art work was "disturbing public opinion" and "spreading lies," which he dismissed as "baseless." But after returning to Canada he said he wasn't sure the reason for his being detained. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.