Iranian Court Upholds Jafar Panahi's One-Year Prison Sentence for Propaganda Charges
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· 2 sourcesAn Iranian court has upheld a one-year prison sentence for acclaimed filmmaker Jafar Panahi on charges of propaganda activity against the state. Variety reported that Panahi was convicted in absentia, and his lawyer, Mostafa Nili, announced the court's rejection of the appeal. Deadline added that Judge Iman Afshari confirmed the verdict, citing Panahi's production of an "underground and problematic film against the establishment." The sentence can be further appealed to the Tehran Provincial Court of Appeal within twenty days.
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Iran's Revolutionary Court has upheld a one-year prison sentence against acclaimed filmmaker Jafar Panahi, who was convicted in absentia on charges of propaganda activities against the state. Panahi's lawyer, Mostafa Nili, announced the court's rejection of the appeal, though the sentence can be further appealed to the Tehran Provincial Court of Appeal within twenty days.
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· 3 pulledTehran'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 Sunday
This sentence can now be appealed to the Tehran Provincial Court of Appeal within twenty days, the lawyer said.
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