An actress who has starred with Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe has been banished from her home country of Iran - because she posed nude in a French news magazine.
Golshifteh Farahani says she has been contacted by the Iranian government, telling her that she is no longer welcome in the country and advising her not to return home.
The offending photo - a black-and-white 'art shot' featuring the 28-year-old Farahani posing against a black backdrop with her hands strategically placed over her breasts - was first published in Madame Le Figaro.
Offending image: Golshifteh Farahani as she
appeared in Madame Le Figaro. The subsequent posting on her Facebook
page drew both criticism and praise from around the world
Hollywood fame: Farahani became the first
Iranian to star in a Hollywood film with her role as Aisha in Body Of
Lies, with Leonardo DiCaprio
While many criticised her 'incedency', others praised her for 'the courage to remove a taboo among the women in Muslim countries'.
Iran's anger at the image is not just because of Farahani's nudity - she has also made it known that her decision to pose is in protest against restrictive Islamic codes.
High profile: Farahani attended several red carpet events and premieres at last year's 68th Venice Film Festival
Facebook page: Farahani uses Franco Origlia's portrait of her - taken at6 the Venice Film Festival, as her profile picture
She told the Daily Telegraph: I was told by a ministry of culture and Islamic guide official that Iran does not need any actors or artists. You may offer your artistic services somewhere else.'
Farahani has had a mercurial relationship with her home country.
She began acting in theatre at the age of six and her first film, The Pear Tree (1998), earned the then 14-year-old the Best Actress award at Iran's annual Fajr Film Festival.
She immediately became a leading actress in her home country, yet her performance in the 2007 film Santoori has never been seen in Iran and is still banned.
She starred in M For Mother (2006), which after a huge success in Iran was chosen to represent Iran for the Best Foreign Film at the Academy Awards in 2008.
Farahani's role as a nurse in Ridley Scott's Body Of Lies (2008) - which also starred Hollywood big-hitters DiCaprion and Crowe - made her the first Iranian to act in a major Hollywood film.
As a result she was banned from leaving Iran, and - now that she has left eh country and is living in Paris - she appears to be banned from returning.
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