Zahra Amir Ebrahimi

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Zahra Amir Ebrahimi
Born1981 (age 39–40)
Occupationactress, photographer

Zahra Amir Ebrahimi (Persian: زهرا اميرابراهيمی‎) (born 1981) is an Iranian photographer, television actress and short movies director. She was subject to an Iranian sex tape scandal in 2006.

Early career[]

Ebrahimi studied theater in Tehran, and started her professional life with making short movies. She made her first movie when she was only eighteen. She became very popular shortly after her first work in Iranian public TV. She was well known in Iran for her role in the popular Iranian soap opera Nargess, as a pious young woman.

Ebrahimi is also a professional photographer, whose work focuses on social topics and issues. She now lives outside of her country because of several problems she faced in Iran after a scandal she became the center of.

Scandal[]

Main article: Iranian sex tape scandal

In 2006, Ebrahimi became the centre of an Iranian sex tape scandal when a videotape of a woman, claimed to be Ebrahimi, having sex with a man was leaked to the internet and released on DVD. She subsequently became the subject of an official investigation handled by Tehran's chief prosecutor, Saeed Mortazavi. In an interview with the Guardian, Ebrahimi denied being the woman in the film and dismissed it as a fake made by a vengeful former fiancé who used studio techniques to form a montage of incriminating images designed to destroy her career.[1] The unnamed man on the tape, who is suspected of releasing it, reportedly fled to Armenia but was subsequently returned to Iran and charged with breach of public morality laws.[1] Rumours of an attempted suicide were also denied by Ebrahimi with a public message: "I just want to tell my country's people that I am alive. I am thinking about the strength of Iranian women and will defend the respect of the girls and women of my nation."[2]

In an interview in 2019, Ebrahimi spoke about the incident. This time, she claimed that the video was taped and leaked by , a co-star in Nargess. The theater star confessed to the crime and was sentenced to 6 months in prison. Bahrami died from cancer a few years ago.

Ebrahimi reportedly now lives in France.[3] In 2019, In her interview with , an Iranian talk show, she admitted that she was in the sex tape.

Filmography[]

Title Year Role Director(s) Notes
Tehran Taboo 2017 Sara Ali Soozandeh
Shirin 2008 Woman in audience Abbas Kiarostami
Nargess 2006 Zohreh Siroos Moghaddam TV series

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Talt, Robert (November 22, 2006). "Iranian actor in sex video scandal says ex-fiance faked footage". The Guardian. Retrieved 2006-12-03.
  2. ^ Theodoulou, Michael. "Sex footage leaves actress fighting to save honour". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 13 January 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  3. ^ http://en.iranwire.com/features/680/ 2013-05-31

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