The Stoning of Soraya M.

رجم ثريا م

A film dramatising the true account of Soraya Manutchehri, falsely accused of adultery and stoned in an Iranian village — from Freidoune Sahebjam's book.

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Format
Film · Muslim history or life carries the story
Released
2009 CE · 1430 AH†
Countries
US · IR
Languages
fa (original) · en (original)
Approach
drama of Muslim life
Depiction of sacred figures
The Prophet: Not applicable · Companions: Not applicable · Imams: Not applicable
Titles in other languages
The Stoning of Soraya M.رجم ثریّا مرجم ثريا م

Reception

  • Award. Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture

Where to watch officially: No official link recorded. · Listed, not endorsed.

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Features
Shohreh Aghdashloo· Mozhan Marnò· Jim Caviezel· Parviz Sayyad· Vida Ghahremani· Navid Negahban· David Diaan· Ali Pourtash
Directed by
Cyrus Nowrasteh
Written by
Cyrus Nowrasteh· Freidoune Sahebjam

People and things also explored

Jāhilī Marriage Forms· The social condition of the Arabs before Islam· Waʾd (Infant Burial)· The capture and release of Hatim al-Ta'i's daughter· The Incident of the Slander (Hadith al-Ifk)· Umayr ibn Adi al-Khatmi's mission to kill Asma' bint Marwan· The marriage of Fatima and Ali· The Prophet's marriage to Khadija

Sources

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  • IMDb
  • elCinema
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islam.museum contributors. “The Stoning of Soraya M.”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/rajm-surya-m-2009/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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Jāhilī Marriage Forms

Four pagan marriage forms — common, istibda‘ (lending a wife for a better lineage), communal paternity assignment, and wife-swapping (al-badal) — Islam abolished all but the first.