Filmmaker Jafar Panahi is sentenced again in Iran as Hollywood’s awards season starts

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December 4, 2025

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Alongside interpreter Sheida Dayani, filmmaker Jafar Panahi accepts the award for the best original screenplay at the Gotham Awards in New York on Monday for his film <em>It Was Just an Accident</em>.

Panahi’s latest film, It Was Just an Accident, won three Gotham Awards on Monday. The filmmaker has been imprisoned in Iran before — but continues to make movies.

(Image credit: Mike Coppola)