TEHRAN – As evening falls at a Tehran skatepark, a woman calmly steps forward with her body ablaze, performing a daring stunt that challenges convention in front of an impressed Iranian audience.
Behind her, young women practice backward flips into a pit filled with foam, following the instructions of Nasrin Teymouri.
In her thirties, she leads Iran’s sole all-female stunt crew, a vital area of filmmaking traditionally controlled by men, but where Iranian women are increasingly establishing themselves.
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