Iran has sentenced the Palme d’Or-winning director Jafar Panahi to one year in prison in absentia, his lawyer told the Agence France-Press news service on Monday.

Branch 26 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Tehran also slapped Panahi with a travel ban for “propaganda activities” against Iran, his lawyer added. “Mr. Panahi is outside Iran right now,” he also told AFP, while insisting they will appeal the Iranian court ruling.

The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed Panahi is currently in the U.S. and is set to attend the Gotham Awards in New York City on Monday night. The dissident Iranian director’s latest legal and political run-in with Iranian authorities follows Panahi having won the Palme d’Or for best film for It Was Just an Accident at the 78th Cannes international fi

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