Iran has banned a popular actress from leaving the country after she starred in a Hollywood movie without permission from Iranian regime, the official IRNA news agency reported.
The ban was imposed afterward Golshifteh Farahani, 25, took part in Ridley Scott's Body of Lies with Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe.
Farahani is the low Iranian-based female actor to star in a Hollywood movie.
"She establish out about the ban on Tuesday when she wanted to travel to Hollywood to examine a new offer," an unidentified source told the agency.
IRNA said Iranian movie stars must find permission from the Culture Ministry before appearing in foreign movies.
Body of Lies, expected to be released in October, is the story of an agent who travels to Jordan to track down an al Qaeda leader.
Farahani won the 2006 Golden Seashell at the San Sebastian International Film Festival for her character in Iranian director Bahman Ghobadi's picture show Half Moon.
She also starred in Santuri, an Iranian film whose release was delayed for several months while censors debated whether it should be prohibited, a common fate of many Iranian movies and of most Western films deemed to a fault provocative for the Iranian public.
International film festivals accept become an important way out for Iranian film makers whose work is often censored at home.
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