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Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi given new prison sentence
Source: The Guardian · Published
Charges against him are unclear after return to Iran despite being sentenced last year for ‘propaganda activities’ An Iranian court has handed the award-winning film director Jafar Panahi a new prison sentence of five years and one month and ordered the seizure of all his assets. The 66-year-old, who won the Palme d’Or at Cannes last year for It Was Just an Accident , was sentenced in absentia,…
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