Die iranische Schauspielerin Zahra Amir Ebrahimi musste wegen eines an die Öffentlichkeit geratenen Sexvideos fluchtartig ihr Land verlassen um sich der Strafverfolgung zu entziehen, schreibt Fatemeh Shams Esmaeili.
Der Fall
Zahra Amir Ebrahimi ist eine junge iranische Schauspielerin, die für ihre Rolle in der populären Fernsehserie Nargess, die im Iran im Jahr 2006 ausgestrahlt wurde, berühmt wurde. Am Höhepunkt ihrer Karriere gelangte 2007 ein Sexvideo von ihr und einem jungen Mann an die Öffentlichkeit und verbreitete sich im ganzen Land. Sie selbst hörte erst von Freunden und Kollegen davon. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt befand sie sich auf einer Reise im Norden des Iran. Innerhalb von weniger als einem Tag sah sich Amir Ebrahimi genötigt, sich offiziell zu dem Fall zu äußern.
Die Verbreitung eines Videos, das die intimsten und privatesten Szenen im Leben der Schauspielerin zeigte, zerstörte Amir Ebrahimis Karriere. In einer Gesellschaft, in der – wie im Iran – der weibliche Körper weitgehend verborgen werden muss und in der die Sexualität noch immer von Tabus umgeben wird, hat ein solcher Fall eine tödliche Wirkung auf den sozialen und professionellen Ruf einer Frau. In einem Interview sagte Amir Ebrahimi, das Video sei vielleicht mit finanziellen Hintergedanken oder unmoralischen Absichten an die Öffentlichkeit gegeben worden. Kurz darauf verbreitete die Boulevardpresse Gerüchte über einen Selbstmord. Die Kontroverse ging so weit, dass der Playboy über den Vorfall berichtete und das Video auf seiner Internetseite zeigte und über seinen Fernsehkanal ausstrahlte. Amir Ebrahimi konnte ihre Karriere im Iran nicht weiter fortsetzen. Sie stritt die Anschuldigungen, die gegen sie erhoben wurden ab (Video), wurde jedoch zu einer Haftstrafe verurteilt und verließ den Iran, um dieser zu entgehen. Sie lebt nun in Frankreich.
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Nothing to do now by her. She suited her life style with western countries now. She doesn’t have anything left now. She has to bear that whole through in her life. Main point is that after that sin she didn’t apply for apology, rather she started living like western people. That shocked me very much.
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I think she might be right in leaving the country .Everybody has a right to a private life. Right to freedom however underestimated it might be is above any religious laws.Do pardon me if it hurts anyone’s feelings.Coming back to the topic, I think the culprit who released the tape should be brought to justice.Live in relationships are very common in many socities , so all of them are immoral ? Many celebs then are the professionals in this field ,so why not ban them as well
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Yes , people who r engaged in extra-marital affairs, are also sinner in Islam. So that is the difference between good and bad people. Ebrahimi is one of them. We all know what she has done. And of course we don’t know about many people. But we should see bad people in the same way.
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I agree with much of what Dinaz Ahmed says, though let me posit a further problem: What about all the people who are engaging in extra-marital affairs but who don’t get videos of themselves posted online with everyone knowing who they are? Even if we agree with an Islamic state being run with Muslim laws, we run into the problem of some laws being very hard to implement. If they can’t be deployed fairly and equally then it becomes about picking on celebrities and „popular justice“.
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I think it’s not expected from anyone. This video was made with their consent. I have a question if she was a pious woman then why did she did sex with her Boyfriend? It is strictly prohibited in Islam. She refused that she was not the woman in that video only on that time for escaping the trial. After that she went to France. If she is a pious woman why did she leave her Muslim attitude? Have anyone seen her present life style? She is just living like western non muslim people. Her dress up doesn’t show Muslim attitude. I think both Zahra and her boyfriend could be punished. Modernization doesn’t mean that she can do anything in that social life. I don’t believe she was a pious woman. She will not be able to return to her country in future if govt permits also. Because, in Muslim social life it’s a dangerous offense. So, she will live in foreign country. She will have to marry a non muslim person. Because no Muslim will marry her for lifetime from the heart. Because, her child will also be affected for her scandal in future. I don’t wish that. But this is the true picture for her. Someone may says, sex is her personal matter. Of course, it’s personal. But there are rules for that. She was in Islamic country and she knew that premarital sex is not allowed in her religion. So for her mistake she will be getting the reward as well as her whole family will be affected. So we should be careful to do the right things.
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It is very ugly and pitty attack against any women in the earth. But in this case, its effects should be more deep and profound due to this region’s characteristic. No women desires this kind of breaches of her’s private life. I really upset when I heard this case. I also strongly believe that someone who hate her or would possess and benefit with this allegation behind this plot. To put in a nutshell, someone must wanted to destroy her’s life and career for some reasons. We can see lots of example related this case anywhere in the world.