Prominent Iranian Film Director Dariush Mehrjui, Wife Stabbed to Death

Mehrjui’s 1969 film The Cow is considered one of the most important films of the Iranian New Wave of the 1960s and 70s. His other key films include The Tenants (1987), Hamoun (1989), and The Pear Tree (1999), which featured the film debut of acclaimed actress Golshifteh Farahani. Mehrjui’s last film was 2020’s The Minor. Iran’s minister of culture, Mohammad-Mehdi Esmaili, said in a statement that Mehrjui was “one of the pioneers of Iranian cinema” and “the creator of eternal works”.