A theatrical comedy: yek irani dar behesht (An Iranian in Heaven) with Shohreh Aghdashloo and Houshang Touzie.
In 2009, Iranian American actress Shohreh Aghdashloo won the Emmy for best supporting actress in a miniseries or movie for her role as the wife of Saddam Hussein in . The actress, was also nominated for an Oscar for the 2003 feature film House of Sand and Fog.