What is Mehran Modiri?
{{Infobox person | name = Mehran Modiri | image = Mehran Modiri at Saate 5 Asr movie press conference.jpg | caption = | image_upright = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|4|7}} | birth_place = [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] | birth_name = | occupation = [[Actor]] ,[[Movie director]] | years_active = 1979–present | awards = Hafez Awards (9 awards) | website = | signature = Mehran Modiri signature.png }} '''Mehran Modiri''' ({{lang-fa| مهران مدیری }}, born April 7, 1967[[Tehran]]) is an [[Iran]]ian [[comedian]] [[actor]] and [[Movie director|Director]]. In 2009 Modiri was named by ''[[Newsweek]]'' as one of the 20 people who hold power and public discourse in Iran.<ref>{{cite news |title=Iran's Top 20: Power and public discourse in the Islamic Republic are dominated by fewer than two dozen heavyweights, ranging from ayatollahs to entertainers (and one TV network) |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2009/05/22/iran-s-top-20.html |access-date=September 27, 2012 |work=Newsweek |date=June 1, 2009 |page=36 |quote=Today his television comedies rule Iran's airwaves, with audiences so big that broadcast executives don't balk at his lampoons of Iranian life }}</ref> In 2015–2018 Modiri mostly seen in Nasim TV at [[Dorehami]] program with Avvalmarket sponsorship. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|2116358}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Modiri, Mehran}} [[Category:Iranian actors]] [[Category:Iranian movie directors]] [[Category:1967 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Iranian comedians]] {{actor-stub}}