US EditionIran Sentences Director Jafar Panahi to Year in Prison: Lawyer
Jafar Panahi was sentenced in absentia for propaganda against Iran, receiving a one-year prison term, two-year travel ban, and political group membership prohibition, his lawyer said.
- Jafar Panahi, an Iranian film director, has been sentenced to one year in prison and a two-year travel ban by an Iranian court.
- The court also banned Panahi from membership in political and social groups due to his propaganda activities against the system.
- Panahi, who won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2022 for 'It Was Just an Accident,' is currently residing in France under a talent visa scheme.
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The sentence also provides for a ban on leaving the country and participating in political or social associations.
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Iran sentences acclaimed director Jafar Panahi in absentia to a year in prison
Iran has sentenced acclaimed director Jafar Panahi to a year in prison and imposed a two-year travel ban on charges of “propaganda activities against the system," according to his lawyer.
He was already in the notorious Evin prison, and now the Iranian regime has condemned him again: Jafar Panahi was sentenced to one year in prison by a revolutionary court, but the director can escape his absence.
Iran sentences film director to a year in prison in absentia
Iran sentenced a prize-winning film director to a year in prison in absentia for “propaganda activities,” the latest move in a wide-ranging crackdown on dissent. Jafar Panahi, whose won the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes film festival, also faces travel restrictions and a ban on joining political groups, one of a number of times the artist has been convicted of crimes that international human rights groups say are politically motivated. His se…
Iranian justice sentenced the dissident filmmaker – now residing in Paris – Jafar Panahi, winner of the Golden Palm at the Cannes festival in May, to one year’s imprisonment for “propaganda activities” against the state. Panahi has recently enjoyed an international tour, after years without being able to leave his native Iran, to promote his film A simple accident, about an Iranian government torturer who falls into the hands of his former priso…
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