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Siroos Alvand
Sirus Alvand (Persian language, Persian: سیروس الوند; born January 31, 1951), also spelled Cyrous Alvand, is an Iranian Film director, director and screenwriter who was born in 1951 in Tehran, Iran. He began his career as Film criticism, film critic and screenwriter and directed his debut film ''Sanjar'' in 1971. He is among filmmakers of Iranian Revolution, pre-Revolution era who are still working. Some of his films were among box office hits. In 1993, he won a Crystal Simorgh for best director in the Fajr International Film Festival, 11th Fajr International Film Festival. Films * ''Outcry under the Water'', 1977 * ''Stemming from Blood'', 1983 * ''Cargo'', 1987 * ''Once and for All'', 1992 * ''The Face'', 1995 * ''The Corrupted Hands'', 1999 * ''The Intruder'', 2001 * ''Porteghal Khoni'', 2010 References External links * 1951 births Crystal Simorgh for Best Director winners Living people Iranian film directors {{Iran-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most populous city in Iran and Western Asia, and has the second-largest metropolitan area in the Middle East, after Cairo. It is ranked 24th in the world by metropolitan area population. In the Classical era, part of the territory of present-day Tehran was occupied by Rhages, a prominent Median city destroyed in the medieval Arab, Turkic, and Mongol invasions. Modern Ray is an urban area absorbed into the metropolitan area of Greater Tehran. Tehran was first chosen as the capital of Iran by Agha Mohammad Khan of the Qajar dynasty in 1786, because of its proximity to Iran's territories in the Caucasus, then separated from Iran in the Russo-Iranian Wars, to avoid the vying factions of the previously ruling Iranian dynasties. The capital has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
