محمد مهدی کرمی
Mohammad Mehdi Karami was 22 when Iran hanged him on 7 January 2023 after a televised trial his lawyers called a torture-extracted confession.
Arabic
عرفان رضایی
Erfan Rezaei was a 21-year-old shot dead in Amol on 21 October 2022 during the Mahsa Movement protests.
حنانه کیا
Hananeh Kia was a 23-year-old shot dead in Nowshahr on 21 September 2022, days into the Mahsa Movement protests.
محسن شکاری
Mohsen Shekari was a 23-year-old hanged in Tehran on 8 December 2022, the first protester executed during the Mahsa Movement.
مرشد
Morshed is the zurkhane drum-master who sets the rhythm, recites Ferdowsi over the training, and holds the room together.
استقلال
Esteghlal FC, founded 1945, plays in blue and is Persepolis’s eternal Tehran rival. Renamed Esteghlal (Independence) after the 1979 revolution.
تدوینگر
tadvin-gar is the Persian word for a film editor, the person who sits in the cutting room and assembles the finished film shot by shot.
تدوین
tadvin is the Persian word for film editing, the post-production craft of arranging shots, an Arabic root meaning to compile or arrange.
تهیهکننده
Tahyye-konande is the Persian word for film producer, the financial and logistical lead behind the camera, the role that gets a film made.
دایره
Dayere is the Persian frame drum, the oldest of Iran’s percussion instruments, often played by women in folk and household contexts.