Cannes winner Jafar Panahi addressed his recent Iran prison sentence while speaking at the Marrakech Film Festival in Morocco, saying he plans to return to his country as soon as he finishes his Oscar campaign for “It Was Just an Accident.”

“I have only one passport,” Panahi said in Persian, sitting next to an English translator. “This is the passport of my country, and I wish to keep it.”

On Monday, Panahi, whose films have repeatedly landed him in trouble with the Islamic Republic, was sentenced in absentia to one year in prison in Iran, on charges related to “propaganda activities” against the state. Panahi’s attorney, Mostafa Nili, said the sentence includes a two-year travel ban and prohibition of Panahi from membership of any political or social groups. He added that they wou

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