Jafar Panahi Iranian director of award movies Is characterized by critical Pictures of Iranian society, will serve a six-year The verdict previously handed over to him by a Tehran court in 2010 according to announcement by the judiciary on Tuesday.
Banahi has been arrested on July 11, during the visit of the Prosecutor General in Tehran office to me follow up on cases of Two Iranian directors, Mohammad Rasoulof and Mustafa Al-Ahmad, who They got caught on Security-related fees earlier this month.
“This person (Banahi) was sentenced to total of six Years in prison because of his propaganda against Islamic Republic in “2010 … but it has not been implemented,” Judiciary spokesman Masoud Staichi said in televised statements. news conspiracy.
In 2010, an Iranian court sentenced Panahi six Years in prison And prevent him from making it movies or travel abroad for 20 years after his conviction of “Advertising against The system. “
Panahi said at the time that he was a victim of Injustice called one of counts against His “joke”. Released later on surety.
Panahi has won many of international Awards, including Camera d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival prize for Its 1995 movie “White Balloon” and the Golden Bear at the 2015 Berlin Film Festival for Filming of “Taxi” in Iran while he was free on surety.
His films have not been shown in Iran.
Cannes Adan arrest of Iranian and French filmmakers last week called on Tehran to free them.
Over the past Several months, as did Iran’s hard-line rulers faced grow public discontent over High prices, especially for Food and housing, sparking unrest across the country. dozens of Activists, teachers and retirees have been arrested, according to an Iranian media reports.
