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Iran jails director Jafar Panahi and stops him making films for 20 years

By |2016-10-05T06:46:11-04:00December 20th, 2010|Categories: Movies/Music, News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

From IMDB.com: The acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi was sentenced to six years in prison today, and banned from directing and producing films for the next 20 years, his lawyer said. Panahi, an outspoken supporter of Iran's opposition green movement, was convicted of gathering, colluding and propaganda against the regime, Farideh Gheyrat told the Iranian state [...]

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