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Filmmakers, lawyers and the 2026 protests

The prison sentences against director Jafar Panahi, the arrest and release on bail of human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, the lawyer who represents Panahi and Narges Mohammadi, and the January 2026 protests, with each death toll attributed to the body that gave it.

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PeopleIn custodyOn bailConvictedOrganisationsCases and eventsNarges MohammadiFilmmakers, lawyers and the 2026 protests

People (4)

• Jafar Panahi
  • Film director; his film It Was Just an Accident won the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 2025
• Mostafa Nili
  • Lawyer representing Jafar Panahi and Narges Mohammadi
• Narges MohammadiOn bail
  • Human rights activist; deputy director of the Defenders of Human Rights Center; 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate
• Nasrin SotoudehOn bail
  • Human rights lawyer; awarded the European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize in 2012 and the Right Livelihood Award in 2020

Organisations (3)

• Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)
  • US-based rights group
• Islamic Revolutionary Court of Tehran
  • Court
• Martyrs Foundation (Iran)
  • Iranian state foundation

Cases and events (2)

• Arrests of activists during the war with Israel and the US, 2026
• Iran protests, December 2025 to January 2026