Iranian director Fereshteh Taerpour passes away

Veteran Iranian director and producer, Fereshteh Taerpour has passed away due to coronavirus on August 17, 2021.

She was the mother of Iranian star, Ghazal Shakeri.

‘Golnar’, ‘Maryam’s Son’, ‘Facing Mirrors’, ‘Goodbye Shirazi Girl’ and ‘While Everyone was Asleep’ are among her most remembering works.

ifilm English has aired her popular movie ‘While Everyone was Asleep’, directed by Fereydoun Hassanpor.

Born in 1952, Taerpour was the first female judge in the Iranian cinema.

She passed away after battling with the disease for weeks in hospital.

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