Mustafa Nili, the lawyer of Jafar Panhi, the Iranian cartelion, 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 network that Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran also sentenced Mr. Panhi to a two-year ban on social media 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 implementation 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 hero 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 for propaganda activity against the regime in another case.
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