Los Angeles, June 8 -- Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi's one-year prison sentence has been upheld by a court in Iran following a retrial linked to charges of "propaganda activity against the regime."

According to Deadline, Tehran Revolutionary Court Judge Iman Afshari rejected objections raised by Panahi's legal team and upheld the earlier verdict that had been issued in his absence.

Panahi's lawyer, Mostafa Nili, shared details of the ruling and said the court upheld the sentence over allegations related to the making of an "underground and problematic film against the establishment."

"Under the initial verdict, Panahi had been sentenced to one year in prison on the charge of engaging in propaganda against the Islamic Republic of Iran,...