An Iranian court has handed award-winning film director Jafar Panahi a new prison sentence of five years and one month, The Guardian and Euronews report. The court also ordered the seizure of all his assets.

Panahi, 66, was sentenced in absentia, his lawyer, Mostafa Nili, said, according to the Iranian news outlet Emtedad. Nili said the court also imposed a two-year travel ban and barred Panahi from using social media for two years.

Euronews reports the ruling came from Branch 26 of Tehran's Revolutionary Court. The charges behind it have not been made public. Nili said Panahi was never notified of the hearing. The Guardian reports the lawyer learned of the case only after his client's bank accounts were frozen last week.

Panahi won the Palme d'Or at Cannes last year for "It Was Just an Accident," a thriller inspired by his time in prison. The film was later nominated for an Oscar. He returned to Iran in March, even though he had been sentenced in absentia late last year to a year in prison for propaganda against the state.

A friend of Panahi said he spoke with the director on Monday evening after the sentencing and that he had not been detained, The Guardian reports, citing the Associated Press. Nili said Panahi faces three open legal cases.

Fellow artists condemned the ruling. Iranian British actor Nazanin Boniadi called it a "draconian prison sentence" meant "to silence a courageous artist." A human rights lawyer said seizing his assets could break Iran's constitution.

Panahi has clashed with Iranian authorities for years. Euronews reports he spent 86 days in Evin prison in 2022 and 2023. He has kept making films in defiance of a ban, including "Taxi Tehran," which won the top prize in Berlin in 2015.

What we know: An Iranian court has given Panahi a new five-year sentence and ordered his assets seized.
What we don't: What the charges are, and whether he will be detained.