MARZIEH VAFEMEHR IS FREE
OCTOBER 29, 2011. From The Guardian:
An Iranian court has overturned the lashing sentence imposed an an actor after she appeared in a film critical of the Islamic republic’s repressive policies, according to Amnesty International.
Marzieh Vafamehr, who appeared with her head uncovered in the film My Tehran for Sale, was released from prison after her sentence of one year in prison and 90 lashes was overturned on appeal.
Amnesty said Vafamehr was released on Monday night, although there has been no report on her case in Iranian media.
Vafamehr, wife of the acclaimed film-maker Nasser Taghvai, was arrested in July after Iranian authorities took exception to the film about an actor whose theatre work is banned in Iran.
The film, directed by Granaz Moussavi, features Vafamehr as an actor who flees to Australia as an illegal immigrant after being persecuted in Iran. She appears with a shaved head and without a hijab in some scenes.
The film touches on many of the taboo issues of modern life in the Islamic republic. In one scene, an underground party where men and women dance and drink is disrupted by a group of moral police who arrest some of the partygoers.
My Tehran for Sale premiered at the Adelaide film festival in 2009 but remains banned in Iran….
Jon Rappoport