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IRAN JAILS PALME D’OR WINNER JAFAR PANAHI FOR FIVE YEARS, ORDERS SEIZURE OF HIS ASSETS
Iran’s Revolutionary Court has sentenced Palme d’Or-winning filmmaker Jafar Panahi to more than five years in prison, ordered the confiscation of his assets and imposed two-year bans on international travel and social-media activity. Reuters reported the sentence as five years, while other reports citing his lawyer put it at five years and one month. The charges in the latest case were not immediately specified. Panahi won the 2025 Cannes Palme d’Or for It Was Just an Accident. Reuters
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