Cannes Winner Jafar Panahi Handed 5-Year Sentence in Iran
After the peak, new reports halved every 9 hours so far - this story is still being covered, so the figure moves as reports arrive.
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How it spread - 15 original reports, 1 reprint
Tue, 27 October 2026
2 reports- El País (Spain)19:18first to report
El director, ganador de la Palma de Oro de Cannes en 2025 por ‘Un simple accidente’, también sufre la prohibición de salir del país y de usar redes sociales por dos años
- ABC (Spain)20:35
Un tribunal de Teherán ha condenado este martes 'in absentia' al cineasta iraní Jafar Panahi a cinco años de cárcel, dos años sin poder salir del país ni publicar en redes sociales, y ha confiscado sus bienes y congelado sus cuentas.El veredicto continúa la larga batalla legal a la que se enfrenta desde hace años el cineasta, que llegó a pasar tiempo entre rejas por ofensas contra el Estado hasta su liberación en 2010.El abogado de Panahi, Mostafa Nili, ha asegurado a la agencia semioficial de...
Wed, 28 October 2026
10 reports- outlookindia.com11:26
One of Iran's most acclaimed filmmakers, Panahi won the 2025 Palme d'Or for It Was Just An Accident that also scooped two Oscar nods earlier this year
- La Repubblica (Italy)12:02
Da sempre critico con la Repubblica islamica, ad aprile aveva scelto di tornare nel suo paese nonostante il rischio di finire in prigione. Sequestrati tutti i suoi beni e bloccati i conti bancari. Il suo Un semplice Incidente era stato candidato all’Oscar
- Le Figaro (France)12:12
Le réalisateur, Palme d’or 2025 (Un simple accident), se voit infliger une nouvelle peine d’emprisonnement et la confiscation de ses biens par le tribunal révolutionnaire de Téhéran. Il avait déjà été condamné en décembre par contumace à un an de prison pour «activités de propagande» contre la République islamique.
- France Info (France)12:35
Le réalisateur avait remporté la Palme d'or pour son film "Un simple accident", en mai 2025, au Festival de Cannes.
- euronews.com12:53
The latest ruling follows a December 2025 conviction for “propaganda activities against the regime”, which carried a one-year prison sentence and two-year travel ban.
1 reprint
- aol.co.uk28 Oct, 12:53their copy
- Tagesschau (Germany)13:11
Die iranische Justiz geht weiter gegen den Regisseur und Goldene-Palme-Gewinner Jafar Panahi vor. Einem Bericht zufolge wurde der 66-jährige Regime-Kritiker in Teheran erneut zu einer mehrjährigen Haftstrafe verurteilt.
- N1 Info (Croatia)14:21
Iranski redatelj Jafar Panahi, dobitnik Zlatne palme u Cannesu i autor filma "Jedan običan incident", koji je bio nominiran za Oscara, osuđen je u ods
- tribune.com.pk16:15
Iran has sentenced award-winning filmmaker Jafar Panahi to five years in prison and ordered the seizure of his assets
- The Guardian World16:56
Charges against him are unclear after return to Iran despite being sentenced last year for ‘propaganda activities’ An Iranian court has handed the award-winning film director Jafar Panahi a new prison sentence of five years and one month and ordered the seizure of all his assets. The 66-year-old, who won the Palme d’Or at Cannes last year for It Was Just an Accident , was sentenced in absentia, his lawyer, Mostafa Nili, told the Iranian news outlet Emtedad. The court also imposed a two-year...
- Libération (France)17:28
Les chefs d’accusation à l’encontre du réalisateur n’ont, à ce stade, pas été précisés. Il a déjà effectué deux séjours en prison, en 2010 et 2022. On ignore où l’artiste, palme d’or à Cannes en 2025, se trouve actuellement.
Thu, 29 October 2026
2 reports- deccanchronicle.com01:45
The sentence can be appealed but “now all of his bank accounts have been blocked,” Razzagh added.
- Vecernji list (Croatia)11:25
Nova presuda protiv slavnog iranskog redatelja Jafara Panahija kojeg vlasti već duže vrijeme progone zbog umjetničkog djelovanja, donesena je u njegovoj odsutnosti, a konkretne optužbe zasad nisu poznate
Sat, 31 October 2026
1 report- El País (Spain)04:30
El cineasta persa lamenta la condena con prisión para Jafar Panahi por parte de la dictadura de Irán