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Palme d'Or Winner Jafar Panahi Jailed for Five Years in Iran
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Acclaimed Iranian film director Jafar Panahi, whose film It Was Just an Accident won the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 2025, has been sentenced to five years in prison by Iran's Revolutionary Court, according to a semi-official news agency. The court also ordered his assets seized and banned him from leaving Iran and from social media for two years. The charges were not made public.
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