__NOTOC__ Marzieh Vafamehr () is an Iranian independent filmmaker, actress, social and women's rights activist living in

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. She has been active in the

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campaign in Iran for more than twenty years.

Biography

Marzieh Vafamehr is married to film director and screenwriter Nasser Taghvai. She was arrested on 29 June 2011, reportedly due to her role in

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's 2009 Iranian-Australian film ''

My Tehran for Sale ''My Tehran for Sale'' (Persian: تهران من، حراج), is a 2009 Australian-Iranian film written and directed by Granaz Moussavi. It was produced by Cyanfilms and stars Marzieh Vafamehr, Amir Chegini and Asha Mehrabi. The film explores ...

'' that is critical of her native

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. She was released on 24 October 2011, after posting unspecified bail. It was reported that she was sentenced to 90

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and a year in prison. On 27 October 2011,

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reported that an Iranian appeals court had reduced Vafamehr's prison sentence to three months and overturned the flogging sentence. Vafamehr was released after 118 days from Qarchak Prison, but banned from making or acting in films and forbidden to leave Iran. She is the first Iranian woman who acted in cinema without the hijab after the

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and the first to publish a picture of herself kissing Nasser Taghvai in Nowruz 2013. She was one of the founding members of the Women's Citizenship Center in 2013.

Filmography

Actress

*
Gaze
' *
Belly's Suction
by Pourya Moradi'' * The Cancer Period by

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* ''

'' *
The Bitter Tea
by Nasser Taghvai'' * ''Zangi and Roomi'' by Nasser Taghvai *
Wind, Ten Years Old
' by Marzieh Vafamehr *
Barefoot In Heaven
' *
play- written by Alireza Hanifi
' *
Galilei –play-written by Bertolt Brecht
' *
Rose Tattoo –play-written by Tennessee Williams
' *
Wiggily-play- in Connecticut written by J.D. Salinger
' *
and Good Bye-play- written by Athol Fugard
' *
e Choobineh –play-written by Siamak Taghipour
' *
in Paradise a feature directed by Bahram Tavakolli
'

Director

''Nabat''''Wind, ten years old''
*''Crossed Out'' *''Doll House''

References

External links

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Marzieh Vafamehr Official Website
(Archived)
Marzieh Vafamehr
On :fa:سوره‌سینما, SourehCinema (in Persian)
Her PhotosTop Ten In Sundance 2008
Living people Iranian film actresses Iranian stage actresses University of Tehran alumni Iranian women film directors Year of birth missing (living people) {{Iran-actor-stub