The photo, originally taken for Madame Le Figaro, began causing a giant uproar once it was posted to her Facebook page, which has nearly 500,000 fans. Thus far the comments have been hostile and wide-ranging:

"FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION,,, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU ,,SCREW ALL MULLHs & Akhonds who thinks women are 2nd hand citizens."

"how can i digest about your stupid activities .... It's for actress career fight or for women's right i don't know... but my heart broken with your nude photo shoot ...."

"It's a shame when you see that the Persian art has been transformed from great poetries and legendaries like Hafez and Sa'di to some nasty and nude "art". And its even more sad when you see that a large number of people actually like it. Do you think nudity is part of a freedom that Iran lacks? if you think so, i deeply feel sorry for you guys!

"its photoshop"

Along with the photo, Farahani appears in this video from the people who give out the Césars (the French Oscars). She appears at 0:29.

Shortly after it was posted Golshifteh Farahani told the Daily Telegraph that she was informed by Iran's Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance that she was no longer welcome in her homeland and could "offer [her] artistic services somewhere else."

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Is that even possible? Iran certainly thinks so and they are threatening to execute Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, an Iranian-American accused of developing said games.

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Of all the things to be right about. We may be closer to war with Iran than most Americans realize.

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Salt water. Salt. Same basic concept.

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   (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) WASHINGTON (AP)--Forcefully stepping into an explosive Middle East debate, President Barack Obama on Thursday endorsed a key Palestinian demand for the borders of its future state and prodded Israel to accept that it can never have a truly peaceful nation based on "permanent occupation." Obama's urging that a Palestinian state be based on 1967 borders--before the Six Day War in which Israel occupied East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza--was a significant shift in the U.S. approach and seemed certain to anger Israel.

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1. Mullets

   

2. 2. Gmail

   

3. 3. Gay Sex

   

4. 4. Valentine's Day

   

5. 5. Spiked Hair

   

6. 6. The DaVinci Code

   

7. 7. Grills

   

8. 8. Skinny Jeans

   

9. 9. Tattoos

   

10. 10. YouTube

    

11. 11. Pet Cats

    

12. 12. Barbie

    

13. 13. Harry Potter

    

14. 14. George Michael

    

15. 15. Kenny G

    

16. 16. Batman

    

17. 17. Jorts

    

18. 18. Facebook

    

19. 19. Cleavage

    

20. 20. Neck Ties

    

21. 21. 300

    

22. 22. Studying Political Science

    

23. 23. Ponytails

    

24. 24. Rap

    

25. 25. Alcohol

    

26. 26. Pork

    

27. 27. Protein Supplements

    

28. 28. Brightly Colored Clothes

    

29. 29. Pet Dogs

    

30. 30. Mannequins

    

The mighty Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has chosen to allow McDonald's to air its controversial gay-friendly ads in Iran. … He just wants some slight alterations.

Twitter was down earlier today (that's nothing too out of the ordinary), but the reason behind it may be a little frightening.

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Friends at The AWL took a lot of crappy things going on in the world right now and turned it into something rather inspirational. Amazing.

Jason Jones takes us inside Iran in a timely series called “Behind the Veil: Minarets of Menace.”

1. Walking Around

   PMcClellan: @petehoekstra Walked around a lot yesterday. Now I know what the Bataan Death March was like.

2. 2. Solidarity

   delrayser: Wife made blatant power grab for the covers last night. Wearing green PJs tonight in protest. Solidarity, @petehoekstra!

3. 3. Sitting Down

   stealingfrom: @petehoekstra Sitting in a chair, feeling a good deal like Stephen Hawking. #GOPfail

4. 4. Chatting With the Neighbor

   chrisbaskind: @petehoekstra My neighbor stopped me to talk today. Now I know what it is like to be questioned by the Basij!

5. 5. Taxi Troubles

   MattOrtega: Walked out onto Constitution Ave in D.C. and was almost hit by a taxi. Reminded me of Tienanmen Square.

6. 6. Getting the Paper

   braggybear: @petehoekstra I stepped onto my neighbor's lawn to get my daily paper, and I truly felt the plight of illegal immigrants.

7. 7. Walking to Class

   littlelloyd: @petehoekstra I have two walk across campus for a meeting today, feeling like the trail of tears.

8. 8. Sprinklers

   TahirDuckett: @petehoekstra ran through the sprinklers this morning, claimed solidarity with victims of Hurricane Katrina

1. Updates From Tehran

   Much of the electronic communications infrastructure of the country has been shut down -- text messaging, internet connections -- but there are still a few people managing to file updates: Iran, Where's My Vote page on Facebook; Tehran Bureau.

2. Violent Protest Erupts In Tehran (Wall Street Journal)

   "On Motahari Avenue, one of the major streets in central Tehran, three public buses were set afire by demonstrators. Syamak Izadi, 62 years old, said he was riding on the bus in central Tehran when a group of men, dressed in Mr. Mousavi's trademark green, stopped the bus and told passengers to get off. They then doused it with gasoline and set it afire, he said."

3. Video of Protesters

4. Protests Flare In The Wake Of Iran's Election (New York Times)

   In a statement posted on his campaign Web site, Mr. Moussavi said: “Today the people’s will has been faced with an amazing incident of lies, hypocrisy and fraud. I call on my Iranian compatriots to remain calm and patient.”

5. Faulty Election Data

   

   The election data from Iran’s Interior Ministry itself shows a perfectly linear relationship between President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's votes and those of challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi -- a statistical impossibility.

6. Report from Lindsey Hilsum of Britain’s Channel 4 News

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