Iranian Court Upholds Jafar Panahi's One-Year Prison Sentence for Propaganda Charges
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Glenn Garner
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Summary
Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi's one-year prison sentence for "propaganda activity against the regime" has been upheld by the Tehran Revolutionary Court following a retrial. His attorney Mostafa Nili announced that Judge Iman Afshari rejected their objections and confirmed the in-absentia verdict, citing Panahi's production of an "underground and problematic film against the establishment."
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Judge Iman Afshari rejected their objections and fully upheld the in-absentia verdict, on the grounds of making an 'underground and problematic film against the establishment'
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