Jafar Panahi’s Prison Sentence Appeal Sets Hearing Date in Iran
Palme d’Or-winning director Jafar Panahi has set a hearing date in Iran after filing an appeal against his sentencing for “propaganda activities against the regime” by the Tehran Revolutionary Court. On Dec. 1, the dissident Iranian filmmaker was handed a one-year prison sentence in absentia and a two-year travel ban, as well as a ban…