Azade Namdari or Azadeh Namdari ( fa, آزاده نامداری; 30 November 1984 – 26 March 2021) was an Iranian

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and

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Controversy

On 25 July 2017, a video emerged showing Namdari drinking beer without ''

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'' during her vacation in

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. The event drew a backlash on social media as she advocated black ''

chador A chādor (Persian, ur, چادر, lit=tent), also variously spelled in English as chadah, chad(d)ar, chader, chud(d)ah, chadur, and naturalized as , is an outer garment or open cloak worn by many women in the Persian-influenced countries of Ira ...

'' and compulsory

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in Iran.

Death

Azadeh Namdari died on 26 March 2021, at the age of 36. According to Iranian news outlets, her body was discovered 48 hours after her death in her apartment in the Saadatabad area in western

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Agency quoted an "informed source" as saying that the cause of death was suicide.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Namdari, Azade 1984 births 2021 deaths 2021 suicides People from Sonqor Actresses from Tehran Suicides in Iran Iranian film actresses Iranian television producers Iranian television presenters Shahid Beheshti University alumni Iranian television talk show hosts Iranian women television presenters Iranian radio and television presenters Burials at artist's block of Behesht-e Zahra