News Center- Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha, directors of “My Favourite Cake”, have been each sentenced to 26 months in prison and Iranian producer Gholamreza Mousavi has been sentenced to one year in prison, the film directors said Monday in a post on Instagram.

The film directors said that they had visited Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court following the Newroz holidays and learnt the verdicts against them.

According to the post, the court sentenced the directors to 14 months in prison on charges of “propaganda activities against the Islamic Republic”. Maryam Moghaddam, Behtash Sanaeeha and Gholamreza Mousavi have been sentenced to one year in prison on charges of “production, distribution and duplication of a film with obscene content”. The court has suspended the prison sentences against them.

“My Favourite Cake” is a 2024 tragicomedy and romantic drama film, telling the story of a woman who decides to live out her desires in Iran where women's rights are heavily restricted.