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Filmmaker Jafar Panahi sentenced to 6 years in prison

Video overview of Jafar Panahi’s career. from the guardian The acclaimed Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi was sentenced to six years in prison today, and banned from directing and producing films for the next 20 years, his lawyer said. Panahi, an outspoken supporter of Iran’s opposition green movement, was convicted of colluding in gathering and making […]