IRANIAN cinema stars today joined crowds of mourners for the funeral procession in Tehran of director Dariush Mehrjui and his wife, who were killed in unexplained conditions.  

Jafar Panahi, Massoud Kimiai, Mohammad Rasoulof, and Bahman Farmanara were among the prominent filmmakers who gathered at the large Roudaki performance hall in central Tehran to pay a final tribute to Mehrjui.