10 Facts About Tahmineh Milani

Tahmineh Milani is an Iranian feminist activist, and film director and producer.

Two years later, in Dige Che Khabar, Tahmineh Milani told the story of a young girl with the power to change her family simply by talking to herself.

Hard-line conservatives accused Tahmineh Milani of encouraging women to revolt against the current system.

Tahmineh Milani deflected the criticisms, insisting that the men were merely scared of seeing their wives riot because of her films.

In 2007, Tahmineh Milani announced that she was going to make an AIDS-focused TV series for the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting with the title The Positive Pals Club.

Tahmineh Milani wrote and directed the film Principles, which was criticized as stilted and preachy.

In 2016, Tahmineh Milani presented an exhibition of photography at the Ariana Gallery in Tehran.

Additionally, Tahmineh Milani filed a lawsuit against the art gallery over early closure of her exhibition and "against those people who brought chaos to the exhibition".

In June 2019, Mahyar Bahram Asl, an Iranian graduate student and painter, was sentenced to 35 lashings under the charge of insulting Tahmineh Milani by accusing her of plagiarism.

Tahmineh Milani is married to Iranian actor and producer Mohammad Nikbin.