Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi given new prison sentence Charges against him are unclear after return to Iran despite being sentenced last year for ‘propaganda activities’ The Guardian - UK · Oct 28
Acclaimed director Jafar Panahi handed new prison sentence after returning to Iran Panahi returned to Iran earlier this year after the start of US and Israeli attacks on the nation The Independent UK · Oct 28
Cannes winner Jafar Panahi faces prison and travel ban from Iran On Sunday, Mostafa Nili, lawyer for Jafar Panahi, announced that a Tehran Revolutionary Court has rejected the objections and fully upheld the in-absentia verdict against the prominent Iranian filmmaker. Euronews · Jun 7
Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi sentenced to seven additional years in prison Supporters of Narges Mohammadi, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023, said she had been on hunger strike since 2 February. Euronews · Feb 8
Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi sentenced to fresh jail term in Iran Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi has received over seven additional years in prison, alongside a two-year travel ban and internal exile, according to her lawyer. The Iranian activist, already incarcerated, is reportedly on a hunger strike. This latest sentence follows her persistent campaigning against the regime's human rights abuses, including the… The Times of India · Feb 8
Cannes Palme d'Or winning filmmaker Jafar Panahi handed jail time in Iran Iran has sentenced Palme d'Or-winning filmmaker Jafar Panahi in absentia to one year in prison and a travel ban over "propaganda activities" against the country, his lawyer said. Radio France Internationale · Dec 2, 2025
Iran sentences acclaimed director Jafar Panahi in absentia to a year in prison Iran has sentenced acclaimed director Jafar Panahi to a year in prison and imposed a two-year travel ban on charges of “propaganda activities against the system," according to his lawyer The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2025
Palme d’Or winning director Jafar Panahi sentenced to prison by Iran Revolutionary Court Iran has sentenced acclaimed filmmaker and Cannes Palme d’Or winner Jafar Panahi to one year in prison and imposed a travel ban for allegedly engaging in “propaganda activities” against the state. The verdict, delivered in absentia, was confirmed by his lawyer Mostafa Nili. Euronews · Dec 2, 2025
Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi sentenced to prison for ‘propaganda activities’ Filmmaker says he intends to return to his country to carry out sentence The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2025
Iran Frees Nobel Winner For Three Weeks, Sparking Calls For 'Permanent' Release Iranian authorities on Wednesday freed Nobel peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi from prison for three weeks on medical grounds, a move supporters decried as "too little too late" with the Nobel committee urging a permanent release. International Business Times · Dec 4, 2024
European MPs Support Iranian Detainees European lawmakers across the continent have started to sponsor Iranian detainees, hoping to shed light on their injustice and force authorities to back down from handing down lengthy jail sentences or carrying out executions. Sponsoring MPs take responsibility for lobbying for the safety of individual prisoners, demanding information on their… Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 17, 2022
European MPs seek to publicise plight of jailed Iranian protesters Politicians particularly in Germany taking responsibility for lobbying for the safety of individual prisoners The Guardian - UK · Dec 16, 2022
Iran Revolutionary Guards Arrest Top Lawyer Iran's Revolutionary Guards have arrested prominent lawyer Mostafa Nili, one of more than a dozen rounded up amid a crackdown on protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death, his sister said. Guards intelligence agents detained Nili at Tehran's Mehrabad international airport on Monday night before raiding his mother's house and taking… Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 9, 2022