Jaafar Panhi was sentenced to prison, banned from leaving the country and confiscation of property Mustafa Neely, Jaafar Panhi's lawyer: Jaafar Panhi was sentenced to five years and one month in prison, two years of ban on leaving the country and confiscation of property. Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran sentenced his client to five years and one month in prison and the confiscation of all movable and immovable property.