Jafar Panahi faces five-year prison term in new ruling

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorPalme d'Or winner Jafar Panahi has been sentenced to five years and one month in prison by a Tehran Revolutionary court, in absentia.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHis lawyer says they only learned of it when the bank accounts were frozen, and that Panahi has been in Iran since March, though authorities reportedly said he was abroad.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorIn absentia, while he's standing at home. The bank found him faster than the court did.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorPanahi told Variety, "I am the kind of person who needs to be in his country."