And few have borne the brunt of that repressive regime’s censorship more than filmmaker Jafar Panahi, who this week was ...

Tehran has begun seizing the assets of an acclaimed Iranian film director after a court sentenced him to more than five years in prison.

Iran has sentenced acclaimed director Jafar Panahi to five years and one month in prison, following his return to the country ...

Acclaimed Iranian film director Jafar Panahi has been sentenced to another lengthy prison term, according to a media report. A Revolutionary Court in Tehran sentenced the 66-year-old filmmaker to ...

The latest ruling follows a December 2025 conviction for “propaganda activities against the regime”, which carried a one-year ...

"It Was Just an Accident" director Jafar Panahi has been sentenced to 61 months in prison by the Iranian Revolutionary Court ...

The Cannes-winning ‘It Was Just an Accident’ director, having returned to Iran after the Oscars, also had a Tehran ...

The latest sentence was handed down in absentia, according to Panahi’s lawyer, Mostafa Nili, who spoke to Iranian reformist media outlet Emtedad.

Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has been sentenced to over five years in prison, with his assets confiscated. The grounds for the ruling remain unclear, and the sente ...

Soran Mardookhi's feature documentary debuting in Vancouver goes beyond casualty numbers to humanize lost loved ones, as grieving relatives campaign to hold Iranian authorities accountable. By Etan ...

Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi’s Midday Meal won the Best Film Award at the close of the Busan International Film Festival tonight. As a result of the win, the film automatically qualifies for ...

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