Hossein Pakdel
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| name = Hossein Pakdel
| image = Hossein Pakdel 3.jpg
| caption = Hossein Pakdel in February 2017
| occupation = {{hlist|actor|theatre director|producer|playwright|television presenter}}
| spouse = Atefeh Razavi
| relatives = {{plainlist|
- {{Interlanguage link|Masoud Pakdel|fa|مسعود پاکدل|lt=Masoud}} (brother)
- Mahdi (brother)}}
}}
Hossein Pakdel ({{Langx|fa|حسین پاکدل}}) is an Iranian actor, theatre director, producer, playwright, and television presenter.{{Cite web |date=August 4, 2015 |title=Pakdel to stage ‘Qavam’ |url=https://en.irna.ir/news/81707186/Pakdel-to-stage-Qavam |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250120120523/https://en.irna.ir/news/81707186/Pakdel-to-stage-Qavam |archive-date=2025-01-20 |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=Islamic Republic News Agency}}{{Cite web |title=‘Mannequin’ casts new actor |url=https://en.ifilmtv.ir/Iran/Content/18320/Mannequin%20casts%20new%20actor/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250125035300/https://en.ifilmtv.ir/Iran/Content/18320/Mannequin%20casts%20new%20actor/ |archive-date=January 25, 2025 |website=IFilm}}{{cite web |date=November 17, 2017 |title=Obsessive Collector |url=https://financialtribune.com/articles/art-and-culture/76331/obsessive-collector |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250125040005/https://financialtribune.com/articles/art-and-culture/76331/obsessive-collector |archive-date=25 January 2025 |access-date=25 January 2025 |website=Financial Tribune}}{{cite web |date=January 29, 2021 |title=The Jury of the stage section of Fadjr Theater Festival to announce |url=https://theater.ir/en/141481 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250125040540/https://theater.ir/en/141481 |archive-date=January 25, 2025 |access-date=25 January 2025 |website=Iran Theater}}{{Cite web |last=Sheikhi |first=Marjohn |date=July 8, 2017 |title=Tehran auction 2017 grosses over $8mn |url=https://en.mehrnews.com/news/126390/Tehran-auction-2017-grosses-over-8mn |url-status=live |website=Mehr News Agency}}{{Cite web |last=Najib |first=Mohammad Ali |date=January 15, 2019 |title=Iran art auction rakes in millions amid pressure over sanctions |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2019/1/15/iran-art-auction-rakes-in-millions-amid-pressure-over-sanctions |url-status=live |access-date=2025-01-25 |website=Al Jazeera Media Network |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=March 8, 2017 |title=Real Historical Character, Events in Dark Comedy |url=https://financialtribune.com/articles/art-and-culture/61038/real-historical-character-events-in-dark-comedy |website=Financial Tribune}} His filmography includes performances in notable works such as Mannequin (2019), The Snow on the Pines (2012), Lantouri (2016), Astigmatism (2018), Night Shift (2015),{{Cite web |date=October 19, 2015 |title=‘Night Shift’ screened at Warsaw film fest |url=https://en.irna.ir/news/81806073/Night-Shift-screened-at-Warsaw-film-fest |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250125033105/https://en.irna.ir/news/81806073/Night-Shift-screened-at-Warsaw-film-fest |archive-date=January 25, 2025 |access-date=January 25, 2025 |website=Islamic Republic News Agency}} Watching This Movie Is a Crime (2019),{{cite web |date=February 6, 2019 |title=37th Fajr Film Festival, 7th day |url=https://en.isna.ir/photo/97111709776/37th-Fajr-Film-Festival-7th-day |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250125041708/https://en.isna.ir/photo/97111709776/37th-Fajr-Film-Festival-7th-day |archive-date=25 January 2025 |access-date=25 January 2025 |website=Iranian Students' News Agency}} and Seventy Thirty (2024).{{Cite web |date=April 11, 2024 |title=Updates from Iranian cinema: New films ready for screening |url=http://en.ifilmtv.ir/News/Content/44759/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250125033257/http://en.ifilmtv.ir/News/Content/44759/ |archive-date=January 25, 2025 |website=IFilm}}
In 2011, at the 29th Fajr International Theater Festival, Hossein Pakdel received the award for Best Director from the jury of the International Association of Theatre Critics (IATC) for his direction of the play "{{Interlanguage link|His Excellency|fa|حضرت والا}}".{{cite web |title=برگزیدگان جشنواره تئاتر فجر اعلام شدند |url=https://www.bbc.com/persian/arts/2011/02/110221_l41_theatre_fajr_festival_winners |website=BBC Persian |access-date=25 January 2025 |language=fa |date=February 21, 2011}}{{cite web |title="حضرت والا" چشم کانون منتقدان جهانی تئاتر را گرفت |url=https://www.khabaronline.ir/news/131760/حضرت-والا-چشم-کانون-منتقدان-جهانی-تئاتر-را-گرفت |website=KhabarOnline |access-date=25 January 2025 |date=February 21, 2011}}
Personal life
Hossein Pakdel is a member of a family engaged in the performing arts, which includes his spouse, Atefeh Razavi, and his two brothers, {{Interlanguage link|Masoud Pakdel|fa|مسعود پاکدل|lt=Masoud}} and Mahdi.{{Cite web |date=August 8, 2019 |title=تسلیت انجمن بازیگران به برادران پاکدل |url=https://www.isna.ir/news/98051708921/%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%BE%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%AF%D9%84 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809154414/https://www.isna.ir/news/98051708921/%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%BE%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%AF%D9%84 |archive-date=August 9, 2019 |website=Iranian Students' News Agency |language=fa}}
Defamation Allegations
On 6 June 2024, {{Interlanguage link|Tehran's Prosecutor|fa|دادستان تهران}} announced the opening of a judicial case against a television presenter and actor for "publishing content aimed at disrupting public peace" and "insult and defamation."{{Cite web |date=June 6, 2024 |title=دادستانی تهران برای بازیگر هتاک پرونده قضایی تشکیل داد/ یک روزنامه تذکر گرفت |url=https://www.mizanonline.ir/fa/news/4776804/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%B1-%D9%87%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%D9%82%D8%B6%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D8%B4%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%84-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF-%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%D8%AA%D8%B0%DA%A9%D8%B1-%DA%AF%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%AA |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250112142536/https://www.mizanonline.ir/fa/news/4776804/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%B1-%D9%87%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%D9%82%D8%B6%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D8%B4%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%84-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF-%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%D8%AA%D8%B0%DA%A9%D8%B1-%DA%AF%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%AA |archive-date=January 12, 2025 |access-date=January 25, 2025 |website=Mizan News Agency}} Subsequently, Tasnim and Fars news agencies identified the individual as Hossein Pakdel. Tasnim reported that "Hossein Pakdel, on his Instagram account, targeted Ebrahim Raisi and Qasem Soleimani with mockery and satire."{{Cite web |date=June 6, 2024 |title=دادستانی علیه "پاکدل؛ بازیگر هتاک" اعلام جرم کرد |url=https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1403/03/17/3099215/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%87-%D9%BE%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%AF%D9%84-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%B1-%D9%87%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9-%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%85-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF |url-status=live |access-date=2025-01-25 |website=Tasnim News Agency |language=fa}} Fars stated that "Hossein Pakdel had published an insulting story against martyrs the previous day."{{Cite web |last=Mohammadpour |first=Hadi |date=June 6, 2024 |title=دادستانی تهران برای بازیگر هتاک پرونده قضایی تشکیل داد |url=https://farsnews.ir/mohammadpour/1717665185753929622/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250125023511/https://farsnews.ir/mohammadpour/1717665185753929622/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%B1-%D9%87%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%D9%82%D8%B6%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D8%B4%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%84-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF |archive-date=January 25, 2025 |access-date=January 25, 2025 |website=Fars News Agency}} Pakdel, without explicitly naming Raisi or Soleimani, had written on his Instagram account: "The kitchen of politics turns seasoned men into rubber steaks, and inept men into regime-special cutlets."{{Cite web |date=2024-06-06 |title=اعلام جرم علیه حسین پاکدل به بهانه تشبیه سلیمانی و رئیسی به کتلت و استیک |url=https://ir.voanews.com/a/hossein-pakdel-iran-human-rights/7645308.html |access-date=2025-01-25 |website=Voice of America |language=fa}}{{Cite web |date=2024-06-06 |title=احضار قضایی حسین پاکدل به اتهام نام بردن از دو نوع غذا |url=https://www.independentpersian.com/node/402401/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D9%88-%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9%DB%8C/%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%82%D8%B6%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%AD%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%BE%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%AF%D9%84-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%AF%D9%88-%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B9-%D8%BA%D8%B0%D8%A7 |url-status=live |access-date=2025-01-25 |website=Independent Persian |language=fa}} The term "cutlet" entered public discourse following the death of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander Qasem Soleimani in a 2020 U.S. drone strike, which resulted in the dismemberment of his body.{{Cite web |date=Jun 6, 2024 |title=Iran Files Case Against Actor Over Social Media Post |url=https://www.iranintl.com/en/202406062900 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250116115956/https://www.iranintl.com/en/202406062900 |archive-date=January 16, 2025 |access-date=2025-01-25 |website=Iran International}} The ambiguous nature of Pakdel's statement underscored the authorities' limited tolerance for any perceived criticism directed towards Iranian leaders and national figures, even when such critique is expressed indirectly.{{Cite web |date=June 6, 2024 |title=Iranian Actor Hossein Pakdel Faces Charges Over Instagram Post |url=https://iranwire.com/en/news/130297-iranian-actor-hossein-pakdel-faces-charges-over-instagram-post/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240606182358/https://iranwire.com/en/news/130297-iranian-actor-hossein-pakdel-faces-charges-over-instagram-post/ |archive-date=June 6, 2024 |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=IranWire}}
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