Iranian Court Upholds Prison Sentence for Filmmaker Jafar Panahi
An Iranian court has upheld the one-year prison sentence and travel ban for acclaimed filmmaker Jafar Panahi. This decision comes after his appeal was rejected, confirming his conviction.
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Jafar Panahi’s One-Year Prison Sentence Upheld by Iranian Court
Tehran’s Revolutionary Court has upheld a one-year prison sentence against Palme d’Or-winning filmmaker Jafar Panahi who in December had been sentenced in absentia on charges of engaging in propaganda activities against the Iranian state. Panahi’s lawyer Mostafa Nili announced the decision by the court to reject the director’s appeal during a press briefing in Tehran on […]
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An Iranian court upheld its original verdict against the Oscar-nominated director of 'It Was Just an Accident,' finding him guilty of “propaganda against the regime.”
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Following a retrial for his “propaganda activity against the regime,” Tehran Revolutionary Court has upheld Jafar Panahi’s one-year prison sentence. On Sunday, the It Was Just An Accident writer/director’s attorney Mostafa Nili announced that Judge Iman Afshari rejected their objections and fully upheld the in-absentia verdict, on the grounds of making an “underground and problematic […]
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