Iranian Actress Banned From Her Homeland After Nude Magazine Shoot
- Posted on January 19, 2012 at 8:36am by
Billy Hallowell
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Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani — who luckily, for her own safety’s sake, lives in Paris — has ignited a firestorm after posing nude for Madame Le Figaro magazine. While the actress, who co-starred alongside Leonardo Di Caprio in “Body of Lies,” says the photo-shoot was a showcase of free speech, officials in her home country are outraged.
Indian news site ZeeNews.com reports:
[Farahani] appeared in the news magazine ‘Madame Le Figaro’ in protest against the ultra-conservative cultural policies, which she claims are restricting Iran’s film industry.
To up the ante on the controversy, Farahani posted what YNetNews.com called a “bare-chested photo” of herself on her Facebook page. The photo, while revealing, isn’t necessarily “nude” in nature (nor is it, in the official sense, “bare-chested”). The image appears to have come from the controversial magazine shoot. Another image from the magazine that wasn’t posted on her Facebook page does, indeed, seem to indicate a full-frontal exposure.
“With the little support she still had left, Farahani now betrayed her supporters too,” reported Irian’s semi-official Fars news agency. The outlet apparently went on to claim that she posed nude “to attract the attention of ad companies and film studios.”
The penalty for her actions for the magazine shoot and subsequent photo posting? On Tuesday, Farahani said she was informed by the Iranian culture ministry that she is no longer welcome in Iran.
“I was told by a Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guide official that Iran does not need any actors or artists,” she was quoted as saying. “You may offer your artistic services somewhere else.”
Actress Golshifteh Farahani's Facebook page
This isn‘t the first time that Farahani’s actions have clashed with Iranian culture norms. The 28-year-old actress moved to Paris, France, after being criticized back in 2008 for not wearing a veil at the Academy Awards.
The Daily Mail has more about Farahani’s success and its impact over her relationship with her homeland:
Farahani has had a mercurial relationship with her home country.
She began acting in theatre at the age of six and her first film, The Pear Tree (1998), earned the then 14-year-old the Best Actress award at Iran’s annual Fajr Film Festival.
She immediately became a leading actress in her home country, yet her performance in the 2007 film Santoori has never been seen in Iran and is still banned. [...]
Farahani‘s role as a nurse in Ridley Scott’s Body Of Lies (2008) – which also starred Hollywood big-hitters DiCaprion and Crowe – made her the first Iranian to act in a major Hollywood film.
The image on her Facebook page has drawn thousands of comments, both positive and negative in nature.
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Comments (128)
dinadp
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 11:28amI can’t see the downside of not living in Iran. But she had to know there would be consequences.
Report Post »ShyLow
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 1:49pmWhen did Rick Santorum start running Iran?
Report Post »TexasHunter
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 2:17pmIt Sure beats a body bomb attached to her chest!!
Report Post »mils
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 2:18pmShe knows Iran, she had to understand the consequences…yet she chose to pose nude. What we might consider “okay” and let slide, the Iranian culture does not. She knew it\
Report Post »No need to feel sorry for this actress….you play with fire..you get burned
We can offer up all the cute quips we want to …Iran doesn’t care. Their country, their laws, their way.
pavepaws
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 2:52pmThank goodness she lives in France. She’d be assassinated in the United States.
Report Post »MCDAVE
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 3:27pmI wonder how these people reproduce?…
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 4:01pmThis is extremely brave, Go Woman!
These posers who say you deserve what you get for defying fundamentalist dictators need to reexamine their patriotism and civility, but hey, there will always be jerks like that supporting Newt while blaming the victims of hate.
TEA
The_Jerk
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 4:42pmTaking off one’s clothes is not heroic. She’s just one more attention seeker who looks more like a teenage boy than a woman.
Report Post »Armed Patriot
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 5:04pmShyLow… When did Rick Santorum start running Iran?
Move on troll. your not the least bit funny.
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 5:37pmIf she lived here she’d be detained indefinitely in an unclothed location, by one of our elite Congress Creeps, pick one, any one. Once they get there (DC) the illusion of moral fiber unravels quickly.
Report Post »“People, what People ?”
Tower7_TRUTH
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 5:50pmJust think if we elect Rick Satanorum then we can expect to see these kinds of laws in America.
Report Post »singleparent
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 5:53pmShe should be shamed tired women and men taking thier clothes off to make a point…No morals at all anymore..
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 5:59pmwell at least she shaved off her moustache for the photo shoot. Couldn’t care less about an Iranian actress. You don’t like the mullahs? Ask for help to get rid of them…otherwise, you wanted them..you got them.
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 6:21pm.
Report Post »Where is the news?
Nobody cares about Iranian citizens
living in a sharia paradise.
jzs
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 10:19pmAdmit it, she’s Arab but looks hot.
That‘s a joke I guess but the world’s changing everywhere. Don’t be smug. Not that many years ago an image like that would have scandalous in the United States. Now you can see stuff no different on prime time TV. I‘m not saying that’s good or bad, but that‘s the direction the world is going and there’s no stopping it.
As a photograph by itself, I’d say that nothing special. But as photograph of a woman defying her country and culture, I’d say that quite a statement.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on January 20, 2012 at 1:06amThe_Jerk says, “She’s just one more attention seeker who looks more like a teenage boy than a woman.”
Jerk, if that looks like a teenage boy to you, then I think you need to ask yourself some hard questions about your sexual identity.
Report Post »mauijonny
Posted on January 20, 2012 at 3:54amRun, sistah! Run like the wind!
Report Post »razrbakcrzy
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 11:20amI think that photo is hauntingly beautiful… I see noting wrong with it. it is clearly artfully done not pornographic in the least. Bare chested and spread crotch = prongraphic, this is not…
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 11:43amAs in all nations, it’s not what you think that makes the laws. It is what society, as a whole, thinks. There were a lot of people, just like you, who thought that Debbie doing Dallas was art.
Report Post »Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 12:18pmYou people always draw these false comparisons between things that are nothing alike. Morons.
Nice Debbie Does Dallas example. If your goal was to show that you are an idiot, it worked.
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 12:33pmPerhaps it‘s the moron who can’t understand the comparison.
Report Post »rush_is_right
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 12:40pm“Perhaps it‘s the moron who can’t understand the comparison”
no perhaps about it in his case….
Report Post »drphil69
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 1:03pm@The jerk –
Do you really believe that it is the “society” of Iran that dictates the laws? Is it the same in China, North Korea, and Cuba too?
I agree with another poster here, if you were trying to show that you are an idiot, it worked!!
GREAT JOB!
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 1:14pmdrphil69: “Do you really believe that it is the “society” of Iran that dictates the laws? Is it the same in China, North Korea, and Cuba too?”
Do you really believe that it is our society that dictates the laws? We’re no different. How many examples of judges over-turning the votes of millions do you require? How many Obama care-type legislative examples do you need?
I agree, there are idiots and morons here… just look into the closest mirror. You’ll see what I mean.
Report Post »Locked
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 1:20pm@The_Jerk
“It is what society, as a whole, thinks.”
Huh. I thought it was the governing body of the country that made the laws. Odd, I didn’t know Iran was a straight democracy.
Now, if your point is “they make the laws, their citizens have to deal with it” I absolutely agree. And I think it’s ridiculous in this case, but again – their laws are theirs.
Report Post »bum
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 1:27pm@ Razrbak
You have to realize this is the same country that doesn’t allow women to handle carrots and bananas without being chopped up first.
Report Post »Zer0
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 1:48pm@RAZRBAKCRZY,
In Iran, a woman displaying her ankles or her hair unveiled is considered pornography. I’ll be surprised if the mullahs do not issue a fatwa over the image above.
Report Post »Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 2:27pmSorry, but if you equate this picture with a porn movie then you are stupid. You and your friend there.
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 2:45pmIran had a democracy prior to our overthrow of their freedoms in 1953, TPAJAX Project. We hated them for their freedoms so much, that we kept an oppressive dictator in power for 26 years. They have a right to hate us. A generation of the oppressed in Iran has a right to hate us.
Report Post »Ars21689
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 4:43pmIgnore the jerk, he’s clearly a Paulian who thinks the US would be much better off to ignore everything else going on in the world
Report Post »Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 5:01pmPaul doesn‘t say ignore what’s going on. He’s in the wrong party. Republicans are too simple minded and don’t understand nuance. That’s why they REPEATEDLY boil what he says down to some bumper sticker misinterpretation. Morons.
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 5:08pmArs21689, better than being a perpetual warmonger seeking to bomb and attack any nation not supporting your religious fundamentalism.
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 11:18amTheir country. Their rules. Mind your own business as you wallow in your vile filth daily.
Report Post »snufy
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 12:20pmYour name fits you, Jerk. Where do you get the idea that laws are made from ‘society as a whole’? Laws are made by the very few in charge of government for society to live by, frequently exempting themselves from those laws. The will of the people are ignored. Many laws in Islamic countries are not proper laws per se, but only what they want to do. The govenments also use criminals and Arabs to do their enforcement. The Iranian government brought in Arabs to brutally attack peaceful domonstrators. FYI, Iran is not an Arab country. The people are Persians.
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 12:37pmSnuff, are you for real. You brought the Arab into this post, only to correct yourself, then blame me for your mistake.
Report Post »I do agree that laws are made differently in differing societies. That being true, our norms are not their norms, and they have the right to be different. We should mind our own business.
TexasHunter
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 1:23pm@ Jerk, she posted this on FB so the world could see.. Telling us to mind our business, well this is not the scenario. Catch my drift?
Report Post »AmericanBumpkin
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 2:40pm@jerk. iran is run by a dark age mentality of religious dictatorship that hates and despises its own women and girls as much as it does outsiders. this woman posted these photos to send a message to her homeland, one that clearly states “times are changing and we need to change with them.” a message that i applaud her for. this woman is beautiful and free-thinking, and wants a better life for the opressed in her country.
Report Post »and we shouldnt “mind our own business” because this same totalitarian religion, and its fervent followers, are on a crusade to KILL everyone who does not conform to their beliefs and their way of life. we should be watchful of everyone and everything in the world around us as a cautionary measure, and take action when someone threatens or attacks us. not sitting on our hands staring at the floor and hope everyone plays nice on the playground.
you need to grow up and pull your soft squishy head out of your bung-hole.
The_Jerk
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 2:49pmTexasHunter, ” she posted this on FB so the world could see.. Telling us to mind our business, well this is not the scenario. Catch my drift?”
Clearly she freely made that decision knowing the consequences. She’s responsible for her decision. Catch my drift?
Report Post »JamesTeaPartyMac
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 11:07amWHAT DO YOU ALL THINK ABOUT THE SOFT PORN ADS THE BLAZE HAS??? BANANAS AND BOOBS ON THE TOP RIGHT! SOME INTEGRITY GLEN BECK HAS??? And Now Naked Iranian Chicks…Glen And Porn…THat makes since his prophet was a male whore
Report Post »TexasHunter
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 1:34pm@ James, read the bible. Someone special would rub Jesus’s feet at night before he went to bed. Glen is not having relations with these people. Don’t be so sensitive.
Report Post »unbound1
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 2:33pmI wondered if I was the only one that thought the girls and fruit ads were distasteful…
Report Post »nelbert
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 11:00amThe fact that she lives in Paris is no protection. France does, after all, have a large Muslim population, and it wouldn’t shock me to find more than a few extremists in the mix.
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 10:53amObama may might holder put a hit on her being hes in the muslim brotherhood- will have to watch and see what happens to her.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 10:05am.
Report Post »Joe Biden is a bigger Boob, than both of her’s put together…….
Ofra1
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 12:01pmHahahah… as he exclaimed in San Fran.. “the Giants are going to the superbowl”!!!
Report Post »Epic Fail
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 10:02amI’m sure a fatwa has been issued for her…
Report Post »shogun459
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 10:15amEpic Fail
Report Post »Remember, when she is killed we must now consider Sharia law.
In THEIR EYES She has dishonored her family and her nation she must die and the left is silent on the tolerant religion of peace.
midwesthippie
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 10:57am…alot of muslims in paris
Report Post »PointBreak
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 9:52amWhat a shame. Nobody wants to see Iranian chicks naked. Not even Iranian men. Now she’s gonna go through all that for something completely pointless. It’s like willingly accepting a fatwa to give someone a fruitcake for Christmas.
Report Post »carbonyes
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 10:13amSpeak for yourself!
Report Post »shogun459
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 9:47amSome of you still are not getting it.
The reason that the Left ignores this kind of Oppression is as follows.
The Left hates Our Military and all conservatives.
Radical Islamists hate Our Military and sees conservatives as a threat to the spread of Islam.
AS LONG AS IT WEAKENS OR HURTS OUR MILITARY AND IT‘S SUPPORTERS THE LEFT WILL ’P‘ IN YOUR FACE AND TELL YOU IT’S RAINING NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO OR SAY.
Don’t beleive me? Have you watched how the MainStreamMedia outright lies in their News Broadcasts to favor the Social Justice crowd?
They deflect ANY mention of the double standard and the MSM helps “scrub and clean” the news. This Admin. will say anything just to make the Public say “HUH?!?” for a minute longer.
The “game” now is a bald face grab for power. As soon as the American people show some backbone about it Obama’s gloves will come off.
THIS IS THE YEAR!
Report Post »Soon if not already it will be to late.
carbonyes
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 10:14amYou are 100% correct.
Report Post »Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 12:20pmYou are 100% going to lose to Obama.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 9:33amSoon enough the Iranian hit squads will pay her a visit, and if she is in America you can be assured Obala will allow them onto our territory.
Report Post »shogun459
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 9:52amSnowleopard;
There was a hit like that a couple of days ago.
See the Blaze story this came from,
Texas Police are investigating whether Bagherzadeh was followed by her killer. They are unsure at this point if it was a random murder, a botched robbery, or a targeted killing.
Bagherzadeh was politically active, as she lobbied on behalf of Iranian women’s civil rights and was a vocal proponent of regime change in Iran. She was a founding member of Sabz Houston, a local Iranian organization and took part in numerous anti-Iranian government demonstrations over the years.
Report Post »starman70
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 10:00amYou didn’t hear much if anything on the communist MSM. You can bet she was targered and executed. It was an Iranian “Honor Killing”.
Report Post »A Conservatarian
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 9:28amLets double down… time to start a porn company where mu slim women get it on with westerners exclusively.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 9:51amaudible chuckle!
Report Post »sizzlinsexybeckster
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 9:27amHer picture is fine. She‘s posing like the old nude sculptures you’d see in Rome. Her home country was mad because she didn’t wear a veil at the awards —-> that’s creepy and gross – they want all women to be under their thumb. She seems like a nice person, although, I wish she to stay away from America in Hollywood – all they would do here is exploit her, make her pose into nasty naked positions like in Hustler magazine, and then they’d pair her up with the trashy crowd such as Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, and Lindsey Lohan – who all love showing their vaginas while exiting a limo/taxi. At least this gal has class, so please enjoy your career away from your homeland, and please stay away from American ——-> they love exploiting women here………… and you don’t deserve that.
Report Post »skiz
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 9:20amAAAHHH, the religion of peace… wait I already said that once today havent I. Still I think @ VZE and @ 2012OBAMA2012 will think this is racist. Dang I already said that too.
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 9:14amI heard Kim Jong Un has pictures like this of himself all over Korea.
Report Post »Sgt_Rock
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 5:02pmI assume that is the real reason all of those N. Korean women were fainting…it had nothing to do with the death of his Dad…they’re all gaga over the little pork chop himself…What a stud he is!!
Report Post »gallinipper
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 9:11amShe claims it showcases free speech, when it is really free expression. None the less, there is nothing wrong with getting noticed for your acting ability not your naked ability.
Report Post »A Conservatarian
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 9:28amThe Kardashian hoes missed the memo
Report Post »momrules
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 9:09amEverything that Islam hates is a death sentence offense. This woman is now on their hit list and will stay on it until she id dead.
There is no freedom of speech, action or thought in this hateful religeon.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 9:08am“Hollywood big-hitters DiCaprion and Crowe”
Report Post »——————————————————————
Give me a break, big-hitters? Please, child.
Stoic one
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 9:58amwhether you like it or not; it is money in the bank when either is in a flick……………
Report Post »Mr.Fitnah
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 8:58amI consider France an incipient Islamic state, muslim birthrates insure this She is not safe in france.
Report Post »Neither is the art .Some of that has been moved to Dubia already so it isnt burned during the civil war.
SpankDaMonkey
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 8:57am.
Report Post »Put your clothes back on……Nothing worth looking at……….
Better Dead Than Red
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 12:59pm“Put your clothes back on……Nothing worth looking at……….”
Something only ugly people say!!
Report Post »NOTAMUSHROOM
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 8:45amWhat do you mean that “luckily” she lives in Paris??? Have you seen the human trash in the streets on prayer rugs at noon in that city????
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 8:58amYup, she need to invest in a steel collar. Lots of her Muslim brethren live near by.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 9:55amFrance is a prime example of why we need to stop the spread of Islam in America.
No safety for her there.
Report Post »SoupSandwich
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 12:55pmThe constant car fires and tire fires. The slave trade. The heroin coming in to Marseille along with the slaves. Brotherhood is there, right in the middle. She may need to get her affairs in order in old gay Paris before her peeps catch up.
Report Post »There is some douche trolling around with a tea bag pic. What a winner. Science fearing Bible quoting troll. Sweet. Slow day at the Puff.
Jenny Lind
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 8:44amLife is about the choices we make. I hope she has serious bodyguards, as she is the best target for an ‘honor” killing in the whole world now. Good luck with all that, it saddens me to see defiance against something so evil (Islam), become her nemisis. They won’t waste a minute before coming after her.
Report Post »ZAP
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 8:44amDiCaprion ???
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 8:43amNice publicity stunt Farahani, we all know your name now…mission accomplished.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 8:43amLUCKY girl!
Report Post »Pontiac
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 4:19pm[banned from Iran]
Report Post »I’m not seeing the downside to this. How can I get this prestigious award bestowed upon me?