An Iranian court dismissed an appeal against conviction to one year in prison imposed on the filmmaker Jafar Panahiwhich would have back to your country after winning the top prize in Cannes Festival last year, his lawyer declared this Sunday (7).
A revolutionary court in Tehran fully upheld the original sentence, handed down in December by another court, although Panahi could still file a new appeal in a provincial court, lawyer Mostafa Nili told the website of the Iranian newspaper Etemad.
This means that the original sentence of one year in prison and a two-year travel ban on charges of “propaganda” against the clerical system of the Iran remains standing, he added.
Iranian news agency ISNA reported in May that the director, who won the Palme d’Or in Cannes and it was Oscar nominee by the film “It Was Just an Accident“, had returned to Iran on March 30.
Panahi has not personally confirmed his return to Iran.
“It Was Just an Accident” is a politically charged filmwhich shows five Iranians confronting a man they believe tortured them in prison, a story inspired by own experience from Panahi.
Nili stated that, according to the judiciary’s indictment records, Panahi’s conviction is based on the “production of a clandestine and problematic film against the ruling establishment“, in an apparent reference to this film.
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