Tehran, May 19 -- Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, whose film 'It Was Just An Accident' received an Oscar nomination and won the Palme d'Or at Cannes last year, has reportedly been summoned for a court hearing in Iran this week, Deadline said.

According to local media reports, the hearing is linked to a retrial in a case involving charges of "propaganda activity against the regime." The hearing is expected to take place on Wednesday.

Panahi had earlier been sentenced in absentia to one year in prison along with a two-year travel ban while he was attending international film events for It Was Just An Accident. Branch 26 of the Tehran Islamic Revolutionary Court, which is handling the case, had also banned him from joining political and so...