TEHRAN – Iran and Afghanistan will produce “Benazir”, a movie on Afghan immigrants’ issues in Iran. 

Seyyed Masud Nurzadeh is the director of the film, which is about Benazir, a wealthy girl who has a very good life in Afghanistan, but her family is forced to flee their war-torn country. 

Starring prominent Iranian actors Mehdi Hashemi, Fatemeh Gudarzi and Sirus Hemmati, the shooting will start in Tehran on March 10. 

Iran houses about 3 million Afghan refugees, who have been warmly received, at least by the cultural community, in the country.

Photo: Iranian actor Mehdi Hashemi in an undated photo.

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