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Iran sentences filmmaker Jafar Panahi to five years
Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, 66, has been sentenced by an Iranian court to five years in prison. Panahi won the top prize at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival for his film It Was Just An Accident.
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