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Jafar Panahi and his ineligible squad will statesman their ineligible entreaty connected January 4 against nan 1 twelvemonth situation condemnation and two-year recreation prohibition nan filmmaker was handed by nan Tehran Islamic Revolutionary Court.
In a station connected X, Panahi’s attorney, Mostafa Nili, said: “After appealing against nan one-year situation condemnation for propaganda activities against nan authorities of Mr. Jafar Panahi, Branch 26 of nan Tehran Revolutionary Court has group nan proceeding day for January 4, 2026.”
It’s unclear whether Panahi, who is presently connected nan awards play way pinch his Cannes Palme d’Or-winning play It Was Just An Accident, will beryllium coming astatine nan entreaty hearing.
Panahi was convicted and sentenced successful absentia successful early December 2025 for taking portion successful “propaganda activities against nan system.”
Panahi has agelong been successful nan crosshairs of Iran’s hardline Islamic Republic authorities.
Most recently, he spent 7 months successful nan country’s notorious Evin situation aft being arrested successful July 2023 erstwhile he went to nan situation to enquire astir nan whereabouts of chap filmmakers Mohammad Rasoulof and Mostafa Al-Ahmad, who had been arrested a fewer days earlier.
It was announced a fewer days later that nan Iranian authorities had decided to reactivate a six-year condemnation primitively meted retired to Panahi successful 2010 alongside a 20-year filmmaking and recreation ban.
The charges and condemnation were connected to his attendance astatine a ceremonial successful 2009 of a student changeable dormant successful nan Green Revolution and his later effort to sprout a characteristic group against nan backdrop of nan uprising.
Panahi was released from his latest stint successful jailhouse successful February 2023 aft going connected a hunger strike.
The head made his first travel to nan Cannes Film Festival successful 15 years successful May 2025 pinch his clandestinely changeable film, It Was Just An Accident, which went connected to triumph nan Palme d’Or.
It Was Just An Accident is France’s introduction to nan 2026 Oscars.
