News Center- Pari Saberi, an Iranian drama and theatre director, died on Tuesday, at the age of 92.

Pari Saberi was born in 1932, in the southeastern Iranian city of Kerman. When she was 12, she was sent to Paris to continue her education. She graduated from the Vaugirard Cinematography College in France.

Pari Saberi created the Pazargad Theater Group and founded the Molavi Hall in Tehran. She received the French Legion of Honor in 2004. She staged many plays based on Persian classical literature, including Rostam and Sohrab. Some of her plays are the Flying Shams and the Legend of Siavash.

She also wrote and translated numerous books to serve as a bridge between the Persian and Western litterateur.

She was one of the most decorated directors in Iran who received numerous prestigious awards, including the UNICEF’s Avicenna (Ibn Sina) prize in 2003, and the French Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2004.