Jafar Panahi
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Iran upholds prison sentence against Jafar Panahi
Iranian authorities have confirmed a one-year prison sentence against Jafar Panahi, the internationally celebrated director whose latest film, It Was Just an Accident, won the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 2025. According to a statement attributed to Panahi’s lawyer, Mostafa Nili, Branch 26 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Tehran has rejected the filmmaker’s appeal…
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