Iranian actress Marzieh Vafamehr has been sentenced to a year in prison and 90 lashes for appearing in “My Tehran for Sale,” a movie critical of the Islamic republic’s hard-line policies, and for appearing without a hijab in a scene. The movie premiered in Australia at the Adelaide Film Festival in 2009, but is banned in Iran. Please help us speak out about artists fighting for human rights and people fighting for artists' rights!

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Please write immediately in Persian, Arabic, English, French or your own language:

• Calling on authorities to remove the one-year sentence imposed on Marzieh Vafamehr and to not proceed with the barbaric punishment of lashing which is in contravention of all norms of international justice and human rights;
• Calling on authorities to guarantee that Marzieh Vafamehr will be freed to practice her craft as an actress and filmmaker in Iran.

APPEALS TO:
Leader of the Islamic Republic
Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei
The Office of the Supreme Leader
Islamic Republic Street – End of Shahid Keshvar Doust Street,
Tehran,
Islamic Republic of Iran
Email: info_leader@leader.ir
Twitter: "Call on #Iran leader @khamenei_ir to immediately and unconditionally release Marzieh Vafamehr"
Salutation: Your Excellency

Secretary General, High Council for Human Rights
Mohammad Javad Larijani
High Council for Human Rights
[Care of] Office of the Head of the Judiciary,
Pasteur St., Vali Asr Ave. south of Serah-e Jomhouri,
Tehran 1316814737,
Islamic Republic of Iran
Email: info@humanrights-iran.ir (In subject line: FAO Mohammad Javad Larijani)
Salutation: Dear Sir

(Iran does not presently have an embassy in the United States. Instead, please write to:)
Iranian Interests Section
 2209 Wisconsin Ave NW,
Washington DC 20007
Phone: 202 965 4990
Fax: 1 202 965 1073
Email: requests@daftar.org

Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran
16 Prince’s Gate
London SW7 1PT
United Kingdom
Phone: 0207 225 3000
Email: Info@iran-embassy.org.uk

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