Index on Censorship » marzieh vafamehr http://www.indexoncensorship.org for free expression Fri, 17 May 2013 16:22:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 for free expression Index on Censorship no for free expression Index on Censorship » marzieh vafamehr http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Free_Speech_Bites_Logo.jpg http://www.indexoncensorship.org Iran: Actress sentenced to year in prison for censorship film http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/10/iran-actress-sentenced-to-year-in-prison-for-censorship-film/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/10/iran-actress-sentenced-to-year-in-prison-for-censorship-film/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 10:58:07 +0000 Sara Yasin http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=27677 On 8 October, Actress Marzieh Vafamehr was sentenced to 90 lashes and a year in jail for her performance in a film exploring censorship of artists in Iran, according to reports from Kalameh.com, an Iranian opposition website. Vafamehr was in a controversial film called “My Tehran for Sale”, which is about a young actress who takes on a secret [...]

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]]> was sentenced to 90 lashes and a year in jail for her performance in a film exploring censorship of artists in Iran, according to reports from Kalameh.com, an Iranian opposition website. Vafamehr was in a controversial film called “My Tehran for Sale”, which is about a young actress who takes on a secret life in order to pursue her artistic dreams, after having her theatre work banned by Tehran authorities. Vafamehr, who was initially arrested after the July release of the film, was released on bail later that month. Her lawyer reportedly filed to appeal on 9 October.

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