Iran-Afghanistan production to spotlight immigrants’ issues
TEHRAN –(Iranart)- Iran and Afghanistan will produce “Benazir”, a movie on Afghan immigrants’ issues in Iran.
Seyyed Masud Nurzadeh is the director of the film, which is about Benazir, a wealthy girl who has a very good life in Afghanistan, but her family is forced to flee their war-torn country.
Starring prominent Iranian actors Mehdi Hashemi, Fatemeh Gudarzi and Sirus Hemmati, the shooting will start in Tehran on March 10.
Iran houses about 3 million Afghan refugees, who have been warmly received, at least by the cultural community, in the country.
source: Tehran Times