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In November 2022,
a well-known Iranian actress took a photo of herself in her living room and posted it on social media.
Tarone Ali-Dusti was not wearing the headscarf that Iran's Islamic government requires all women to wear in public,
and she was holding the sign bearing the slogan, Woman Life Freedom.
It has become not only a familiar rallying cry for protesters against Iran's Islamic regime,
but also the name of the movement demanding social change.
Last year, BBC Persian released a film about her, which quickly garnered millions of views.
Pegor Ohangaroni is the director of the documentary and went about making the film remotely and in secret.
I asked her why she chose Tarone as a subject of her film.
Firstly, I've been friends with Taraneh for years, so I've always followed her professional journey.
The stances she's taken throughout these years and at important times have always been interesting for me,
and how she reacted to the women life freedom protests was especially interesting.
But regarding Taranay in terms of fame,
she's one of the icons of Iranian cinema and she risked her career and all she's built in the past 20 to 30 years for what she believes in.
I think the choice she made and her act of protest and how she still stood by it and is still paying the price for it was a very dramatic thing.
An actor at her level who's been in Cannes festival and the Oscars,
all of a sudden decides to turn her back on everything she's ever professionally achieved.
I just think this is so dramatic and of course I would love to make a film about it but I didn't think she would accept it