Iranian Tag

The artist will make Soheila Sokhanravi talks to Niloufar Haidari about her Barbican show, Rebel Rebel – a study of Iranian womanhood, and the misconceptions which have at all times surrounded it With one hand within the pocket of her tartan dress, Iranian actress Faranak Mirghahari is frowning with perfectly arched eyebrows and aiming a pistol at someone just out of frame. The pattern of her dress clashes with the red geometric design artist Soheila Sokhanravi has chosen as a background for the miniature portrait. Mirghahari, who shoots her way through the patriarchy in The Last Hurdle (1962), was a contrast to the passive, sexualised roles common for girls in Filmfarsi (pre-revolutionary Iranian cinema). The actress is one in all 28 women who...