{"id":1187,"date":"2011-10-11T04:51:58","date_gmt":"2011-10-11T04:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freedimensional.org\/?p=1187"},"modified":"2017-04-10T09:51:16","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T09:51:16","slug":"iranian-actress-marzieh-vafamehr-sentenced-to-90-lashes-and-one-year-in-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fd.artistsafety.net\/2011\/10\/iranian-actress-marzieh-vafamehr-sentenced-to-90-lashes-and-one-year-in-jail\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian actress, Marzieh Vafamehr, sentenced to 90 lashes and one year in jail"},"content":{"rendered":"
Vafamehr\u00a0was arrested the first week of July 2011 in Tehran and was held in detention until 25 July 2011 when she was released on bail.<\/p>\n Produced in collaboration with Australia, Granaz Moussavi\u2019s film \u201cMy Tehran for Sale\u201d tells the story of a young actress living in Tehran whose theatre work is banned by the authorities. She is then forced to lead a secret life in order to express herself artistically.<\/p>\n Vafamehr\u00a0appears in the film without a hijab.\u00a0The film has been harshly criticized in conservative circles.<\/p>\n The Fars news agency has previously said the movie had not been approved http:\/\/www.raybani.com\/<\/a> for screening in Iran and was being distributed in the country illegally.<\/p>\n<\/a>According to an opposition website [www.kalameh.com] and as reported on 10 October 2011 by the\u00a0Associated Press<\/a>, Iranian actress Marzieh Vafamehr, wife of film director and screenwriter Nasser Taghvai, has been sentenced to one year in jail and 90 lashes\u00a0for Ray Ban outlet<\/a> appearing in a movie critical of the Islamic republic\u2019s hard-line policies.<\/p>\n