Mustafa Nili, the lawyer of the Iranian manager Jaafar Panhi, says that the Iranian justice system sentenced his client to five years and a month of penal servitude and the confiscation of all movable and immovable property. Mr. Neely told the news channel that the Revolutionary Court in Tehran Branch 26 also sentenced Mr. Panhi to a two-year ban on social networks and a two-year ban on leaving the country. According to Mr. Panhi's lawyer, "Last week the client announced that his bank accounts were blocked and after we referred to the execution of the rulings of the Culture and Media Attorney's Office, it became clear to us that he was convicted in absentia in another case." Jaafar Panhi, the director of the film "A Simple Accident", which won the Palme d'Or at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, was previously sentenced to a year in prison in another case on charges of propaganda against the regime. EPA.

Mustafa Nili, the lawyer of the Iranian manager Jaafar Panhi, says that the Iranian justice system sentenced his client to five years and a month of penal servitude and the confiscation of all movable and immovable property. Mr. Neely told the news channel that the Revolutionary Court in Tehran Branch 26 also sentenced Mr. Panhi to a two-year ban on social networks and a two-year ban on leaving the country. According to Mr. Panhi's lawyer, "Last week the client announced that his bank accounts were blocked and after we referred to the execution of the rulings of the Culture and Media Attorney's Office, it became clear to us that he was convicted in absentia in another case." Jaafar Panhi, the director of the film "A Simple Accident", which won the Palme d'Or at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, was previously sentenced to a year in prison in another case on charges of propaganda against the regime. EPA.