Jafar Panahi’s One-Year Prison Sentence Upheld by Iranian Court

The Palme d’Or-winning director of 'It Was Just An Accident' can now appeal to a different court.

By Nick Vivarelli

Nick Vivarelli

International Correspondent

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Tehran’s Revolutionary Court has upheld a one-year prison sentence against Palme d’Or-winning filmmaker Jafar Panahi who in December had been sentenced in absentia on charges of engaging in propaganda activities against the Iranian state.

Panahi’s lawyer Mostafa Nili announced the decision by the court to reject the director’s appeal during a press briefing in Tehran on Sunday, according to independent film journalist Mansour Jahani and other sources.

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