Oscar -nominated Iranian director Jafar Panahi ( It Was Just an Accident ) has been sentenced in absentia to five years and one month in prison by an Islamic Revolutionary Court in Iran .

According to independent film journalist Mansour Jahani, based in Tehran, Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court also ordered the confiscation of all movable and immovable assets belonging to Panahi, along with a two-year travel ban and a two-year ban on social media activities.

Mansour told The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday that the Oscar-nominated director, who is currently in Iran, had been sentenced in absentia as part of a new court judgment against the longtime Iranian political activist, and that he had not yet been imprisoned.

The Iranian director’s return to his country followed a government crackdown that led to the deaths of thousands of people taking part in countrywide anti-government protests. It also coincided with the U.S.…