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Iranian Filmmaker Jafar Panahi Sentenced to Prison Abroad

12/1/2025

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Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi was sentenced in absentia by the Tehran Islamic Revolutionary Court to one year in prison for 'propaganda activities' against the state and to a two-year travel ban.
Panahi is in the United States promoting his Cannes Palme d’Or–winning film It Was Just an Accident and plans to appeal.
He has faced Iran's legal actions for years, including a previous six-year sentence and imprisonment in 2022.

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Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi was sentenced in absentia by the Tehran Islamic Revolutionary Court to one year in prison for 'propaganda activities' against the state and to a two-year travel ban.
Panahi is in the United States promoting his Cannes Palme d’Or–winning film It Was Just an Accident and plans to appeal.
He has faced Iran's legal actions for years, including a previous six-year sentence and imprisonment in 2022.