Iran has sentenced acclaimed director Jafar Panahi to a year in prison and imposed a two-year travel ban on charges of ...

During filming, the authorities discovered “It Was Just an Accident.” But a French producer had been engaged to finish this ultimate winner of the top prize at Cannes. By Nicole Sperling The Iranian ...

Panahi's latest film, It Was Just an Accident, won three Gotham Awards on Monday. The filmmaker has been imprisoned in Iran ...

Jafar Panahi was sentenced to a year in prison and two-year ban from leaving Iran amid the 'It Was Just an Accident' Oscar ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has been imprisoned, banned from traveling, put under house arrest and ordered to stop making films for 20 years. And, yet, Panahi has continually ...

In 2010, Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi was arrested by his government and accused of making propaganda films critiquing the regime. In prison, Panahi wrote letters detailing mistreatment and abuse, ...

Iran sentences 'It Was Just an Accident' filmmaker in absentia Jafar Panahi to one year in prison and a two-year travel ban.

For nearly his entire professional career, Panahi has been facing off against the Iranian government and criticizing it ...