Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi receives a new five-year prison term with asset seizure and travel/social media bans amid ongoing legal cases. Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has received a fresh five-year prison sentence in Iran, along with asset confiscation and two-year social media and travel. Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, who was already facing a one-year prison sentence, has now been sentenced to five years and one month in a separate ruling by a.