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Iranian Filmmaker Jafar Panahi's Sentence Upheld

Updated 2026-06-07 15:15 UTC 1 source Negative

Iranian court upholds one-year prison sentence against acclaimed filmmaker Jafar Panahi, who was sentenced in absentia for alleged propaganda activities.

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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

2026-06-07 15:06 UTC