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Zahra Amir Ebrahimi (Persian: زهرا اميرابراهيمی‎) (born 1981) is an Iranian actress. She is one of the most popular actresses in Iran.¹

The actress is well known in Iran for her role in the popular Iranian soap opera Narges, as a pious young woman.

Scandal
In 2006 Ebrahimi became the centre of an Iranian sex tape scandal when a videotape of a woman having sex with another man was leaked to the internet and released on DVD. She subsequently became the subject of an official investigation handled personally by Tehran's hard-line chief prosecutor, Saeed Mortazavi, and may face fines, public lashing or worse for her violation of Iran's morality laws.

The unnamed man on the tape, and who is suspected of releasing it reportedly has fled to Armenia initially and was subsequently returned to Iran and charged for breach of public morality laws in Iran.

In an exclusive interview with the Guardian, Zahra Amir 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.

Rumors of an attempted suicide were also denied by Zahra with a public message: "I just want to tell my country's people 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."

References

1. ^ Creasy, Richard. "Outrage in Iran as actress does a "Paris" and her sex video ends up on the net", Daily Mail, November 11, 2006. Retrieved on 2006-12-03.

• Talt, Robert. "Iranian actor in sex video scandal says ex-fiance faked footage", The Guardian, November 22, 2006. Retrieved on 2006-12-03.
• Theodoulou, Michael. "Sex footage leaves actress fighting to save honour", The Scotsman, November 10, 2006. Retrieved on 2006-12-03.

External links

• http://zahra-amirebrahimi.persianblog.com/ (in Persian)