Jafar Panahi sentenced in absentia to five years in prison and confiscation of property
Tehran's Revolutionary Court has issued a new in-absentia verdict against the Palme d'Or-winning filmmaker: five years and one month in prison, confiscation of property, and bans on social media and travel. The charges have not been disclosed, and Panahi himself, according to his lawyer, is in Iran and is named in two other cases.
Otabek Yusupov