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Maziar Motamedi

Iranian filmmaker Panahi sent to prison to serve 6-year sentence

Jafar Panahi initially received a conditional release in 2010, but was imprisoned again earlier in July [File: Reuters]

Tehran, Iran – Iran’s judiciary has said award-winning filmmaker Jafar Panahi, who was arrested earlier this month in Tehran, must serve a six-year sentence that was originally handed to him in 2010.

Judiciary spokesman Masoud Setayeshi told reporters during a press conference on Tuesday that Panahi was arrested and sent to Evin prison in Tehran on July 11 to begin serving his sentence.

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