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- Islamic Revolutionary Court of Tehran / Upheld his one-year sentence for propaganda, June 2026 / Jafar Panahi
- In December 2025 his lawyer, Mostafa Nili, said Panahi had been sentenced in his absence to a year in prison and a two-year ban on leaving Iran on charges of “propaganda activities against the system”, while he was in New York to receive awards for It Was Just An Accident. The National reports the ruling was to be appealed.2 Dec 2025 · The National · Iran sentences filmmaker Jafar Panahi to one year in prison
- Branch 26 of the court rejected the appeal, according to his lawyer, who said the conviction rested on activities cited by prosecutors including making what authorities described as an unauthorised film against the regime, supporting political prisoners and anti-government protests, and endorsing the Women, Life, Freedom movement. The ruling could be appealed to Tehran’s Provincial Court of Appeal within 20 days.8 Jun 2026 · The National · Iran upholds prison sentence against Oscar-nominated director Jafar Panahi
- Islamic Revolutionary Court of Tehran / Sentenced him in his absence to five years and one month, October 2026 / Jafar Panahi
- His lawyer told the Iranian outlet Emtedad that the court also ordered his assets confiscated and imposed two-year bans on social media and travel, and that the charges were not clearly specified. He said the case file stated Panahi was living abroad, although he had returned to Iran on 30 March 2026, and that they learnt of the verdict at the prosecutor’s office after his bank accounts were frozen.28 Oct 2026 · The Business Standard (Bangladesh) · Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi gets fresh 5-year jail sentence, asset confiscation ordered