Iran court sentences Jafar Panahi to 5 years in prison
The ruling adds asset seizure, a two-year social media ban and a two-year travel ban, his lawyer said.
- On Tuesday, an Islamic Revolutionary Court sentenced Oscar-nominated director Jafar Panahi to five years and one month in prison in absentia, while ordering the confiscation of all his movable and immovable assets.
- Panahi's lawyer, Mostafa Nili, reported that the director learned of the verdict last week after his bank accounts were frozen, despite returning to Iran on March 30, 2026.
- Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court also imposed a two-year ban on social media activity and travel, with Panahi currently facing three open legal cases in Iran.
- Despite the conviction, Nili told The Hollywood Reporter that Panahi remains in Iran and has not yet been imprisoned, as the verdict was issued in absentia without prior hearing notification.
- Iranian authorities have long targeted Panahi, who previously served seven months in Evin Prison and has faced intermittent bans on filmmaking and travel since his involvement in the 2009 Green Revolution.
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Iranian director Jafar Panahi has again been sentenced to several years in prison.
Prominent Iranian director Jafar Panahi has been sentenced to a new prison term of several years. A court in the Iranian capital Tehran sentenced him to five years and a month in prison. In addition, all his assets will be confiscated and he will be banned from leaving the country for two years, Panahi's lawyer Mostafa Nili told the Iranian newspaper Emtedad.
Iranian Director Jafar Panahi Sentenced to Five Years and One Month in Prison
In Iran, the Oscar-nominated director Jafar Panahi has been sentenced in absentia by a Tehran court to five years and one month in prison. He was already facing a one-year sentence. The court also issued an order to confiscate Panahi’s assets, and put in place a two-year ban on using social media and a two-year travel ban. The charges are unclear. Panahi’s lawyer said that he learned of this latest sentence when he went to the prosecutor’s offic…
The charges against the director have not been specified at this stage. He has already spent two days in prison, in 2010 and 2022. It is not known where the artist, palm gold in Cannes in 2025, is currently present.
An Iranian court sentenced the renowned filmmaker Jafar Panahi to more than five years in prison, informed the press of the country, which cites the director's lawyer, without specifying the charges brought against him. "The Revolutionary Court of Tehran sentenced my client to five years and a month in prison and ordered the confiscation of his property," the ISNA news agency said, citing lawyer Mostafa Nili. "The court also forbade the use of s…
Filmmaker Jafar Panahi has been sentenced to five years and one month in prison in Iran. His lawyer reported this to Iranian media. It is unclear exactly what he is accused of. It is not clear whether the Iranian director is residing in Iran or abroad. In addition to the prison sentence, all of Panahi's assets will also be confiscated. He has been given a two-year travel ban and is prohibited from using social media for two years. Neither Panah…
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