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{{short description|Iranian Instagram influencer}}
{{Infobox criminal
| name = Sahar Tabar
| birth_date = {{nowrap|{{Birth date and age|df=yes|2001|6|16}}}}
| birth_name = Fatemeh Khishvand
| birth_place = [[
| criminal_charge = [[Blasphemy]],<br>Depravity and encouragement to depravity,<br> Acquiring wealth through illegal means
| penalty = Charged with three crimes (acquitted of two charges). Awaiting verdict.
}}
'''Fatemeh Khishvand''' ({{langx|fa|فاطمه خویشوند}}, known by her [[Instagram]] username of '''Sahar Tabar''', Persian:
==Images==
Tabar's images on Instagram gathered over 486,000 followers.<ref name=rfe/> The images featured distorted facial features that included exaggerated lips and a pointy, turned-up nose.<ref name=guardian /> In a 2017 interview with [[Sputnik (news agency)|Sputnik News]], Tabar explained the images were created primarily using makeup and Photoshop
==Arrest==
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On the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting Channel 3 ([[IRIB TV3]]), it was reported that Tabar faced a prison sentence of between three months and two years on charges of "obtaining money through illegitimate means, and publishing inappropriate and vulgar photographs".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Esfandiari |first1=Sahar |title=The Iranian Instagram star who used cosmetic surgery and photoshop to look like Angelina Jolie reportedly faces up to 2 years in jail |url=https://www.insider.com/iran-instagram-star-sahar-tabar-reportedly-face-two-years-jail-2019-10 |access-date=24 October 2019 |work=Insider |date=9 October 2019}}</ref>
Tabar was introduced as a "[[zombie]]" for a pre-trial interview broadcast on 22 October 2019 by [[IRIB TV2]].<ref name=rfe>{{cite news |title=Iran TV Aires Confessions Of Detained Instagram Star |url=https://en.radiofarda.com/a/iran-tv-aires-confessions-of-detained-instagram-star/30232018.html |access-date=29 October 2019 |work=Radio Farda |agency=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]] |date=23 October 2019 |language=en}}</ref> Although her face was blurred in the broadcast, Tabar stated that she did not look like her Instagram images because they were heavily Photoshopped in an attempt to look like the titular character in ''[[Corpse Bride]]''.<ref name=tv>{{cite news |last1=Shahbazian |first1=Armen |title=Iran parades jailed Instagram star on TV |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-50126737 |access-date=24 October 2019 |work=BBC News |date=23 October 2019}}</ref> She told the interviewer that her childhood dream was to become famous, and she had persisted with building her Instagram fame despite the objections of her mother.<ref name=tv/> Tabar admitted that she had not completed high school, and the broadcast claimed that her efforts to gain online fame had prevented her from advancing to [[higher education]].<ref>{{cite news |title='Zombie Angelina Jolie' lookalike paraded onto Iranian TV for interview, apology |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-25/iran-parades-zombie-jolie-lookalike-on-national-tv/11641674 |access-date=26 October 2019 |work=ABC News |agency=AFP |date=25 October 2019 |language=en-AU}}</ref>
The IRIB TV2 interview mitigated the charges against Tabar by presenting her as a person with a psychological disorder, who had believed her posts were acceptable because of the encouragement she received from her many Instagram followers.<ref name=rfe/> Nonetheless, Tabar later received a ten-year prison sentence.<ref name=sentence/>
== See also ==
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== References ==
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