Iranian Actress Banned For Nude Photo
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An Iranian actress has been banned from her home country after she posed nude for a French magazine.
The black and white photograph shows Golshifteh Farahani topless, but covering her breasts with her hands.
To see the photo that offended Iran click here.
“I was told by a Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guide official that Iran does not need any actors or artists. You may offer your artistic services somewhere else”, Farahani told The Telegraph after the photograph was published in France’s Madame Le Figaro magazine.
Farahani, who was the first Iranian-based actress to star in a Hollywood film since the country’s 1979 revolution, is a major star in Iran but is best known abroad for playing opposite Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe in “Body of Lies.”
The photograph, which was posted on her Facebook fan page, drew polarizing responses.
“We have to be open minded but not with opened dresses . She sold her body as an Icon,” a commenter named Sathiajith wrote.
“I think you are a brave woman Golshifteh and hope you will get the respect from your country that you deserve,” a commenter named Chris wrote.
This isn’t the first time Farahani’s career has upset authorities in Iran. The actress said an Iranian court weighed whether she broke a law by making a movie without permission, she told the New York Daily News at the 2008 premiere of “Body of Lies,” causing the actress and her husband to move to Paris.
“[Iranian officials] took my passport. The intelligence service interrogated me several times. In the end, the judge said, ‘We have to see the movie and then decide what we’re going to do with you,’” she told the newspaper.
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Iran hates beautiful women.
Posted by: Nunya | January 19, 2012, 5:17 pm 5:17 pm
Pretty lady. Western societies’ gain and Iran’s loss.
Posted by: JB8850 | January 19, 2012, 5:24 pm 5:24 pm
Pretty lady. Western societies’ gain and Persia’s loss.
Posted by: JB8850 | January 19, 2012, 5:24 pm 5:24 pm
Please come to America, we will take you!
Posted by: John | January 19, 2012, 5:42 pm 5:42 pm
Apparently Iranian males are easily aroused.
Posted by: newcountryman | January 19, 2012, 5:46 pm 5:46 pm
That photo is G-rated. Why are they so uptight in Iran?
Posted by: h | January 19, 2012, 6:10 pm 6:10 pm
Send her here – she can pose completely nude all she wants…….she is beautiful !
Posted by: Jim | January 19, 2012, 6:47 pm 6:47 pm
Jim, I agree with you. She is beautiful! I too would love to see her pose completely nude. The Ministry of culture in Iran are a bunch of uptight prudes who can’t appreciate beautiful Persian women.
Posted by: h | January 19, 2012, 7:07 pm 7:07 pm
Iran…what a massive loser of a country…she can come to America…
Posted by: RalphF | January 19, 2012, 7:07 pm 7:07 pm
If all I had to do to stay out of Iran was a G-rated photo…
Posted by: livingtxlife | January 19, 2012, 7:29 pm 7:29 pm
I applaud Iran. I wish America would ban all the skanky women in the U.S. who feel the need to undress. Throw out Hefner and all those nasty old men too. Iran has the right idea.
Posted by: Benjamin | January 19, 2012, 10:30 pm 10:30 pm
This young woman should count her blessings because she took the picture outside of Iran. The Iranian regime would execute (chop her head off) if she did it in her home country.
Posted by: NoFlyZone2 | January 19, 2012, 11:45 pm 11:45 pm
I UNDERSTAND WHY GOLSHIFTEH HAS DONE THIS. IN IRAN
THIS PHOTO WILL TEACH NEW-ADULT GENERATION THAT WOMEN
CAN BE FREE AS THEY WERE BEFORE ISLAMIC F..KING REVOLUTION, GOLSHIFTEH IS O.N.E OF IRANIAN(PERSIAN)HONORED WOMEN.
I LIKE HER I LOVE HER AND I AM PROUD OF HER. THANKS GOLI(GOLSHIFTEH). BY THE WAY GUYS WHO UNDERSTOOD THIS MATTER AS A SEXY DESIRE OF HER, I AM SORRY FOR UR BEING SO
D.U.M.B
Posted by: PERSIAN BOY | January 19, 2012, 11:45 pm 11:45 pm
Our next president my well agree with the Iranians on this one. I fear Santorium is almost as fanatical as some of the Taliban.
Not allowing her back in the country is probably the best gift she could have been given. “You’re not allowed to go back to a third world country with a totalitarian religious regime.”
Not exactly punnishment.
Posted by: oonogil | January 20, 2012, 2:47 am 2:47 am
i’m so sorry for all you comment leavers!
what is the good aspect of this silly work she has done?
she has done a unaccustomed act that will lose many of his fans in iran?
do you think the only way to be developed and modern and open-minded is being naked!!!!
i really feel sorry for all of you.
Posted by: m-m | January 20, 2012, 10:56 am 10:56 am
She is very fortunate that she is outside of Iran. Otherwise, she might be beheaded or stoned to death. What a waste that would be!!!
Posted by: jack carlson | January 20, 2012, 12:09 pm 12:09 pm
I am really sorry for her!
have you ever seen a gentleman or a proffessor that is naked?she showed that her mind is really small and she is really silly that thinks this photo shows her courage,this photo just shows her stupidity!
Iran is the best country of the world,
Islam is the best religion of the world!
Posted by: Ali | January 20, 2012, 3:35 pm 3:35 pm
she is totally crazyyyyyyyyyy.
Posted by: anna cristina | January 20, 2012, 4:00 pm 4:00 pm
Im an iranian!
I like telling her you were a famous actress in iran
because of your acting,your beautiful face!
bue now you are famous here because of your silly idea!
you are Lowbrow!
i was one of your fan!i wanna tell you
“we hate you”
me and my people
Posted by: mahsa | January 21, 2012, 9:21 am 9:21 am
MMMMM…….I’m thinking…….no idea!!….
it’s commen for all actresses,isn’t it?!!
Posted by: parisa | January 23, 2012, 7:21 am 7:21 am
We should not judge. She is an actress not president. Artists play different roles.
Posted by: saniii | March 11, 2012, 11:21 am 11:21 am