Jafar Panahi: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Noted that he was nominated for an Oscar for It Was Just an Accident. Jan 22, 2026
Article revised and updated. Dec 05, 2025
Anniversary information added. Jul 07, 2025
Noted that he won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes film festival. May 25, 2025
First paragraph modernization. May 06, 2024
Noted that his six-year prison sentence from 2010 was being enforced. Aug 09, 2022
Added the film 3 Faces. Jun 12, 2019
Media added. Sep 22, 2017
Add new Web site: Iran Chamber Society - Biography of Jafar Panahi. Jun 01, 2016
Material about Taxi (2015) added. Feb 17, 2015
Material about Closed Curtain (2013) added. Aug 15, 2014
Photograph of Jafar Panahi winning the Silver Bear added. Aug 15, 2014
Updated for Panahi losing his appeal in October 2011. Feb 01, 2012
New article added. May 10, 2011
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