Hossein Pakdel () is an Iranian

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, producer,

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, and

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. His filmography includes performances in notable works such as ''

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'' (2019), ''

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'' (2012), ''

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'' (2018), ''Night Shift'' (2015), '' Watching This Movie Is a Crime'' (2019), and ''Seventy Thirty'' (2024). In 2011, at the 29th

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, Hossein Pakdel received the award for Best Director from the jury of the International Association of Theatre Critics (IATC) for his direction of the play "".

Personal life

Hossein Pakdel is a member of a family engaged in the performing arts, which includes his spouse, Atefeh Razavi, and his two brothers, and

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Defamation Allegations

On 6 June 2024, announced the opening of a judicial case against a television presenter and actor for "publishing content aimed at disrupting public peace" and "insult and defamation." Subsequently, Tasnim and Fars news agencies identified the individual as Hossein Pakdel. Tasnim reported that "Hossein Pakdel, on his

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account, targeted

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and

Qasem Soleimani Qasem Soleimani (; 11 March 1957 – 3 January 2020) was an Iranian military officer who served in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). From 1998 until Assassination of Qasem Soleimani, his assassination by the United States in 2020, h ...

with mockery and satire." Fars stated that "Hossein Pakdel had published an insulting

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against martyrs the previous day." Pakdel, without explicitly naming Raisi or Soleimani, had written on his Instagram account: "The kitchen of politics turns seasoned men into rubber

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s, and inept men into regime-special

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s." The term "cutlet" entered public discourse following the death of

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(IRGC) commander Qasem Soleimani in a 2020 U.S. drone strike, which resulted in the dismemberment of his body. The ambiguous nature of Pakdel's statement underscored the authorities' limited tolerance for any perceived criticism directed towards Iranian leaders and national figures, even when such critique is expressed indirectly.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pakdel, Hossein Date of birth missing (living people) Living people Iranian male film actors Iranian screenwriters Iranian film directors