Iran authorities ban film festival over poster of actor without hijab
by Agence France-Presse in Tehran from World news | The Guardian on (#6D742)
Government blocks event after release of publicity featuring Susan Taslimi in 1982 film The Death of Yazdgerd
Iranian authorities have banned a film festival that issued a publicity poster featuring an actor who was not wearing a hijab, state media has reported.
The move came after the Iranian Short Film Association (ISFA) released a poster for its upcoming short-film festival featuring the Iranian actor Susan Taslimi in the 1982 film The Death of Yazdgerd.
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