{"id":1807,"date":"2011-10-16T10:47:53","date_gmt":"2011-10-16T12:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hopoi.org\/?p=1807"},"modified":"2011-10-16T10:47:53","modified_gmt":"2011-10-16T12:17:53","slug":"protest-against-actress-sentenced-to-90-lashes-and-one-year-in-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hopoi.org\/?p=1807","title":{"rendered":"Protest against actress sentenced to 90 lashes and one year in jail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<span>A campaigning has been launched for the freedom of Marzieh Vafamehr, an  Iranian actress who has been sentenced to 90 lashes and one year in jail for her  role in My Tehran for Sale, an Australian film about an actress whose theatre  work is banned in Iran.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Actors\u2019 Equity of Australia has set up an <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.equityfoundation.org.au\/newsbites\/actors-equity-calls-for-the-release-of-marzieh-vafamehr.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">on-line  petition<\/span><\/span><\/a> calling for her release.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Vafamehr, wife of the acclaimed film-maker Nasser Taghvai, was arrested in  July after starring in the film, which touches on many of the taboo issues of  modern life in Iran. Iranian human rights activists have reacted with outrage to  her conviction and in particular the fact that she faces 90 lashes. It comes  only two days after a student activist, Peyman Aref, was lashed 74 times in  Tehran&#8217;s Evin prison for insulting the president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The film, directed by Granaz Moussavi, features Vafamehr as an actress 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. In the film, 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Other members of Iran&#8217;s film industry have also been arrested in recent  years. Pegah Ahangarani, a popular actor was released from jail in July.  Director Jafar Panahi received a six-year prison term and 20-year ban from  film-making last year. Mohammad Rasoulof was also sentenced to six years in  jail. Ramin Parchami, an actor who voiced support for the opposition, still  remains in jail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Go to Equity&#8217;s web site at <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.equity.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.equity.org.uk<\/a> for more information. You can find the  petition at <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.equityfoundation.org.au\/newsbites\/actors-equity-calls-for-the-release-of-marzieh-vafamehr.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.equityfoundation.org.au\/newsbites\/actors-equity-calls-for-the-release-of-marzieh-vafamehr.html<\/a><\/span>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A campaigning has been launched for the freedom of Marzieh Vafamehr, an Iranian actress who has been sentenced to 90 lashes and one year in jail for her role in My Tehran for Sale, an Australian film about an actress whose theatre work is banned in Iran. 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