{"id":159706,"date":"2025-10-17T20:43:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T17:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/?p=159706"},"modified":"2025-10-17T20:43:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T17:13:02","slug":"naser-taghvai-prominent-iranian-filmmaker-passed-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/?p=159706","title":{"rendered":"Naser Taghvai, Prominent Iranian Filmmaker, Passed Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Naser Taghvai, the acclaimed Iranian filmmaker and writer, passed away today, 22 Mehr 1404 (October 13, 2025), in Tehran at the age of 84.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>His wife, Marzieh Vafamehr, announced his death on social media, writing in tribute:<br \/>\n&#8220;Naser Taghvai was an artist who embraced the challenge of living freely and achieved true liberation. Let us remember his journey. He loved plants\u2014let us plant a tree in his memory. He loved light\u2014let us light a candle for him. He loved white clothing\u2014let us wear white to honor him. He loved literature\u2014let us read. He loved cinema\u2014let us watch films in his memory.<br \/>\nWe should celebrate him through music and art, and nothing else. May his path inspire many.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Born on 22 Tir 1320 (July 13, 1941) in Abadan, Taghvai is known for landmark works including Nakhoda Khorshid, Ey Iran, Kaghaz-e Bi-Khat, and the TV series Dai Jan Napoleon. He was a pioneer of the Iranian New Wave cinema.<\/p>\n<p>After the Iranian Revolution, Taghvayi reduced his output in protest against censorship.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Naser Taghvai, the acclaimed Iranian filmmaker and writer, passed away today, 22 Mehr 1404 (October 13, 2025), in Tehran at the age of 84. His wife, Marzieh Vafamehr, announced his death on social media, writing in tribute: &#8220;Naser Taghvai was an artist who embraced the challenge of living freely and achieved true liberation. Let us [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":159707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1252],"class_list":["post-159706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-zoroastrians","tag-naser-taghvai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=159706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/159707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=159706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=159706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=159706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}