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

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 popul ...

. She has been active in the

One Million Signatures One Million Signatures for the Repeal of Discriminatory Laws (Persian: ), also known as Change for Equality, is a campaign by women in Iran to collect one million signatures in support of changing discriminatory laws against women in their coun ...

campaign in Iran for more than twenty years.

Biography

Marzieh Vafamehr is married to film director and screenwriter

Nasser Taghvai Nasser Taghvai ( fa, ناصر تقوایی, also romanized as Nāser Taghvā'i and Nāser Taqvāyi; born 10 July 1941) is an Iranian film director and screenwriter. Biography Taghvāi was born in Abadan. After early experiences as a story writer ...

. She was arrested on 29 June 2011, reportedly due to her role in

Granaz Moussavi Granaz Moussavi (Persian : گراناز موسوی ), is an Iranian-Australian contemporary poet, film director and screenwriter. She is primarily renowned for her avant-garde poetry in the 90s. Her award-winning debut feature film '' My Tehran fo ...

's 2009 Iranian-Australian film ''

My Tehran for Sale ''My Tehran for Sale'' (Persian :تهران من، حراج), is a 2009 Australian-Iranian feature film written and directed by poet turned filmmaker Granaz Moussavi, produced by Cyanfilms and starring Marzieh Vafamehr, Amir Chegini and Asha Meh ...

'' that is critical of her native

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

. She was released on 24 October 2011, after posting unspecified bail. It was reported that she was sentenced to 90 lashes and a year in prison. On 27 October 2011,

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reported that an Iranian

appeals court A court of appeals, also called a court of appeal, appellate court, appeal court, court of second instance or second instance court, is any court of law that is empowered to hear an appeal of a trial court or other lower tribunal. In much of t ...

had reduced Vafamehr's prison sentence to three months and overturned the flogging sentence. Vafamehr was released after 118 days from

Qarchak Prison Qarchak Prison ( fa, زندان قرچک, Zendân-e-Qarchak) is a prison for women located in Qarchak, in Qarchak County, previously part of Varamin County, Tehran Province, Iran (30 km SSE of the capital). It is also called fa, زندا� ...

, 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

Iranian revolution The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynas ...

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

Hossein Shahabi Hossein Shahabi ( fa, ; 28 November 1967 – 22 January 2023) was an Iranian film director, screenwriter and film producer. Biography Shahabi has got Cinema Directing master's degree and Classical Music B.A from Tehran University. After grad ...

* ''

'' *
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)
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