by FilmInk Staff
According to the report of Mansour Jahani, an independent and international cinema journalist, Iranian director Jafar Panahi, winner of the Palme d’Or, was sentenced to one year in prison and a two-year ban on leaving the country, as well as a ban on membership in political and social groups.
On Monday, December 1, 2025, attorney Mustafa Nili wrote on his social media X: Branch 26 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Tehran has sentenced Mr. Jafar Panahi in absentia to one year in prison and a two-year ban on leaving the country, as well as a ban on membership in political and social groups or factions, for propaganda activities against the regime. We will take the necessary legal steps to appeal this ruling.
Photo By: Mansour Jahani
