Iran has sentenced filmmaker Jafar Panahi to five years in prison and ordered the confiscation of his assets.
Iranian court sentenced filmmaker Jafar Panahi to five years and one month in prison, revoking a prior sentence from 2010. The court ordered asset confiscation and a two-year ban on travel and social media. His film 'It Was Just an Accident' won the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Panahi returned to Iran during the war and faces three ongoing judicial proceedings.
- A Tehran Revolutionary Court sentenced Jafar Panahi to five years and one month in prison.
- The court also ordered the confiscation of Panahi's assets.
- Panahi was convicted of propaganda against the state in 2010.
- Panahi was banned from traveling abroad for two years.
- The film Un simple accident won the Palme d'Or at Cannes.
- Iranian director Jafar Panahi returned to Iran during the war.
- Panahi currently has three pending cases.
- The director's assets were seized.
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