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Iran says acclaimed filmmaker to serve out 6-year sentence

Summary by Ground News

Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi will serve a six-year sentence that he received in 2010. The 62-year-old filmmaker is famous for his movies criticizing modern Iran. He was arrested in 2010 over his support for anti-government protests. Panahi was living on conditional release at risk of it being revoked.

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BBC News

Jafar Panahi: Acclaimed Iran film maker ordered to serve six years in jail

The arrest of acclaimed film maker Jafar Panahi had been condemned by the Cannes Film Festival.

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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News18 India

Award-winning Iranian film director Jafar Panahi to serve decade-old jail term

In 2010, an Iranian court sentenced Panahi to six years in prison and banned him from making movies after he was convicted of "propaganda against the system".

2 years ago·India

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The Guardian

Jafar Panahi sentenced to six years in jail

The Iranian director was arrested last week for criticising the government after enquiring about the earlier arrest of fellow film-maker Mohammad Rasoulof

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Hindu

Iran says acclaimed filmmaker to serve out 6-year sentence

Iran’s judiciary has ordered one of the country’s leading filmmakers to serve out a six-year prison sentence from a decade ago that had never been enforced, as the government seeks to silence criticism amid growing economic turmoil and political pressure

2 years ago·India

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Reuters

Iran: Award-winning film director Panahi to serve decade-old jail term

DUBAI - Award-winning Iranian film director Jafar Panahi will serve a six-year prison sentence originally issued by a Tehran court in 2010, a judiciary spokesman said on Tuesday, amid a stepped-up crackdown on dissent in the Islamic Republic. Panahi was detained on July 11 while visiting the Tehran prosecutor’s office to follow up the cases of two Iranian filmmakers, Mohammad Rasoulof

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

Iran says acclaimed filmmaker to serve out 6-year sentence

Iran’s judiciary has ordered one of the country’s leading filmmakers to serve out a six-year prison sentence from a decade ago that had never been enforced, as the government seeks

2 years ago·United States

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