Biography

Azar Hekmat Shoar (Persian: آذر حکمت شعار; née Azar Taj Dehghani Azar; 1935–1974) was an Iranian actress of cinema and theatre. She appeared in some 20 Iranian films in the 1960s. Azar Hekmat Shoar was born as Azar Taj Dehghani Azar in 1935 in Tabriz, Imperial State of Persia. Her acting career began in 1958 in the Iranian theater with the musical Khosrow and Shirin. She entered cinema in 1961 by acting in the film, "When the Sun Goes Down" which was never released. Her husband opposed to her acting in the cinema.

She died in 1974 at the age of 39 in Tehran, due to a car accident. Her younger brother Dariush Dehghani Azar was a high-ranking police officer and commander of the Nima Guard, who was executed in 1983 for conspiracy against the Islamic Republic of Iran.