Heartfelt Tribute: Ali Azimi Celebrates Pegah Ahangarani’s Birthday with Love

Pegah Ahangarani: Celebrated Actress and Director

Pegah Ahangarani (Persian: پگاه آهنگرانی; born 24 July 1984) is an acclaimed Iranian actress and director. She has received numerous accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh, a Hafez Award, and an award from Iran’s Film Critics and Writers Association.

Notable Awards

• Best Actress Award for The Girl in Sneakers at the 23rd Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt (1999)
• Best Performance Award for The Girl in Sneakers at the 14th Isfahan International Film and Video Festival for Children and Young Adults, Iran (1999)
• Best Actress Award for Women’s Prison at the Locarno Film Festival
• Best Supporting Actress for Trapped at the 31st International Fajr Film Festival (2013)

Arrests and Activism

Ahangarani was arrested on 27 July 2009 following the turmoil after the 2009 presidential election, allegedly due to her support for opposition candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi. She was released but arrested again on 10 July 2011 before a planned trip to Germany to report on the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup for Deutsche Welle’s Persian service. She was released from Evin Prison two weeks later on an $84,000 bail after international outrage.