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flag Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi sentenced in absentia to one year in prison and a two-year travel ban for anti-state propaganda.

flag Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, 65, has been sentenced in absentia to one year in prison and a two-year travel ban on charges of "propaganda activities" against the state, his lawyer said. flag The ruling follows his recent international promotion of *It Was Just an Accident*, a Palme d'Or-winning film and France’s official Oscar submission for Best International Feature. flag Panahi, who previously faced imprisonment and a filmmaking ban for criticizing Iran’s government, has continued creating work under restrictions, including smuggling his 2011 documentary *This Is Not a Film* into Cannes inside a cake. flag He was briefly arrested in 2023 during protests and released after a hunger strike. flag His legal team plans to appeal the latest sentence.

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