Iran sentences acclaimed film director Jafar Panahi to new prison term after his return home

Haaretz29 October 2026, 04:26 UTCIran

Panahi's lawyer did not say what the filmmaker, sentenced to over five years in prison, was convicted of. Iran previously convicted him of 'propaganda activities against the system'

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