Filmmaker Sentenced to Six Years in Prison. Take Action.

"Jafar Panahi is an internationally celebrated film director who won the coveted "Golden Lion" prize at the Venice Film Festival for his 2000 film Dayareh ("Circle").
Panahi has been sentenced to six years in prison plus a twenty-year ban on all his artistic activities—including film making, writing scripts, traveling abroad and speaking with media.

Panahi was convicted of "propaganda against the state" for having exercised his right to peaceful freedom of expression through his film-making and political activism. He was specifically accused of making an anti-government film without permission and inciting opposition protests after the disputed 2009 presidential election. Panahi's artistic collaborator, Mohammad Rasoulof, was also sentenced to six years in prison. Panahi is not currently in detention but could be forced to report to prison at any time".

http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/cases/iran-jafar-panahi