Farzan Athari

Farzan Athari (Persian: فرزان اطهری; born (1984-06-26)26 June 1984) is a Swedish Iranian model and actor. He has worked in the fashion and entertainment industry in 23 different countries and collaborated with over 100 brands, he has also had leading roles in movies and hosted television shows.[1]

Farzan Athari
Born (1984-06-26) 26 June 1984
Tehran, Iran
OccupationModel, actor, TV host
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Websitefarzanathari.com

Life and career

Athari was born in Tehran, Iran. He resides in Sweden and has also lived in the United Arab Emirates. He has modeled for several well-known brands, including Diesel, Nivea, Nokia and Coca-Cola, as well as for publications such as GQ and Men's Health.[2] In 2006 he became the first International model to sign a modeling contract in Iran.[3]

He starred on a 2013 music video by Haifa Wehbe, a well-known Lebanese singer and actress, which has been viewed over 20 million times on YouTube.[4]

He co-hosted the first season of Persia's Got Talent, an Iranian franchise of the British television show Got Talent,[5] produced in Sweden.[6]

Controversy

In May 2013, Athari was arrested outside of the entrance of his apartment in the world's tallest building Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Athari was charged with drug possession with the intention to promote and got a life sentence in court. He almost got death penalty when two out three voted for death sentence. But after he created an online petiton [7] where 65 000 people signed for justice in his case, his sentence got reduced to 10 years in appeal court.[8][2][9][10] After an unchanged ruling for his sentence in supreme court, he came up with the idea to create a rap song, in which he asks Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who is the Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and ruler of the Emirate of Dubai for a pardon.[11][12][2] He got pardoned because of the rap-song after being in jail for almost 3 years. This has never happened before.[13]

References
  1. Gulf News, "https://gulfnews.com/uae/crime/swedish-singer-model-pardoned-in-drug-case-after-plea-through-a-song-1.1635291"
  2. "Swedish male model jailed for drugs in Dubai is pardoned". Arabian Business. 14 December 2015.
  3. Oziran Magazine - Australia's First and Only Bilingual Magazine! (Page 27), "https://issuu.com/oziran/docs/may2007"
  4. Stiban, Sam (producer) (20 April 2013). Haiifa - Ezzay Ansak Video / هيفا وهبي - ازاي انساك. Rotana (YouTube).
  5. Faghihi, Rohollah (13 December 2019). "Has Iran's award-winning actress left Iran to escape prosecution?". Al-Monitor.
  6. "TV-produktion i Älvsjö når miljonpublik – men tittarna finns inte i Sverige". Sveriges Television (in Swedish).
  7. Change - org - Online Petiton,
  8. Aftonbladet, "https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/G1Ozym/toppmodellen-jag-forsoker-vara-stark"
  9. Za'za', Bassam (10 December 2015). "Swedish singer-model pardoned in drug case plea through a song". Gulf News.
  10. "Svenske modellen Farzan Athari benådad" [Swedish model Farzan Athari pardoned]. Expressen (in Swedish). 8 December 2015.
  11. "Iranian model in Dubai Central Prison records rap song for Sheikh Mohammed". Yahoo! News. 15 December 2014.
  12. Lifetime sentence - got pardoned through a RAP-SONG (Farzan Athari - Save My Life). Farzan Athari (YouTube). 10 November 2014.
  13. Gulf News, "http://m.gulfnews.com/news/uae/courts/swedish-singer-model-pardoned-in-drug-case-after-plea-through-a-song-1.1635291"
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