Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Stoning of Soraya M. is an adaption of the book. Soraya Manutchehri ( Persian : ثریا منوچهری , romanized : Soraya Manuchehri ; the "t" in the transcription by Sahebjam followed French spelling rules; c. 1951 – 15 August 1986) was a 35-year-old woman who was stoned to death in the small village of Kuhpayeh , Iran, after being ...
A True Story. The book became the basis for screenplay of the 2008 film The Stoning of Soraya M. , in which the American actor James Caviezel portrays Sahebjam. Sahebjam was a journalist for the French TV channel LCI and for French newspapers such as Le Monde and Le Telegramme .
The Stoning of Soraya M. (Persian: .سنگسار ثريا م) is a 2008 American drama film adapted from French Iranian journalist Freidoune Sahebjam's 1994 book of the same name based on the true story of a woman falsely convicted of adultery in Iran and subsequently stoned to death. The film version was directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh and written ...
It is the second collaboration between Nowrasteh and Caviezel, following The Stoning of Soraya M. (2008). [4] Both films deal with corruption and human rights abuses by the Iranian regime, and center on foreign journalists (played by Caviezel) whose rights are infringed upon and violated by the Iranian antagonists. [5]
Vachik Mangassarian, known for his work in “NCIS,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” and more, has died. He was 78. A rep for Mangassarian told the Hollywood Reporter he ...
An undocumented immigrant was charged with setting a woman on fire, killing her, as she slept in the New York City subway -- a horrific alleged crime that officials called "beyond comprehension."
Mozhan Marno played the title role in the 2008 film The Stoning of Soraya M., about a woman whose husband falsely accuses her of adultery, resulting in her death by stoning. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In addition she has had roles in a number of television series including The Paul Reiser Show , The Glades , Hung , The Mentalist , Bones , The Unit , Medium ...
The three-day stoning ritual in Mina, a desert site outside Mecca, is among the final rites of the Hajj, and symbolizes the casting away of evil and sin. It started a day after pilgrims ...