Zahra Amir Ebrahimi

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Zahra Amir Ebrahimi
Born	1981
Origin	Iran
Occupation(s)	actress

Zahra Amir Ebrahimi (Persian: زهرا اميرابراهيمی) (born 1981) is an Iranian television 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.

[edit] Scandal

Main article: Iranian sex tape scandal

In 2006, Ebrahimi became the centre of an Iranian sex tape scandal when a videotape of a woman having sex with a man was leaked to the internet and released on DVD. She subsequently became the subject of an official investigation handled 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, who is suspected of releasing it, reportedly fled to Armenia but was subsequently returned to Iran and charged with breach of public morality laws [1]

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."