Panahi sentenced to 6 years in jail and banned from filmmaking for 20 years

By 2010-12-21T09:47:00

Jafar Panahi

Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has been sentenced to six years in prison and banned from making films, making political statements, doing media interviews or travelling abroad for 20 years.

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