Parisa Pourtaherian
Parisa Pourtaherian (born 1 September 1991) is an Iranian sports photographer. She is known as the first Iranian female photographer who covered men's football matches by capturing the match perched atop a nearby roof, since women journalists are not allowed to cover men's football inside stadiums.
Parisa Pourtaherian
- Name
- Parisa Pourtaherian
- Born
- 1 September 1991
- Birthplace
- Semnan
- Education
- University of Tehran
- Known for
- Sports photography
- Nationality
- Iran
- Occupation
- journalist · photojournalist · photographer
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• Name — Parisa Pourtaherian • Born — 1 September 1991 • Birthplace — Semnan • Education — University of Tehran • Known for — Sports photography
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Pourtaherian studied Industrial design at the University of Tehran, but she's been working as sport photographer, collaborated with F.C Kia, Volleyball Federation of Iran and Bam Khatoon Women's F.C.
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