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Fereshteh Taerpour (also Taherpour) (born 1953 in Tehran) is an Iranian film producer. She also writes children's books, one of which, Adventure of Ahmad and Sara, was translated into Japanese.
She received her Bachelor in English Literature from University of Literature & Foreign languages. She is the President of “Khaneh”, House of Literature and Art for Young Adults, since 1989. She has been the president of the "Khaneh Cinema", the Iranian alliance of motion guide (2000–2002) and Member of the Board of Directors of “CIFEJ”, the International Center of Film for Children and Young People (2000–2002).
From 1982 to 1991 she was the Head of Writing and Editorial Center of “KANOON”, the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults in Iran and the first Iranian member of “CIFEJ”, International Center of Film for Children & Young People since 1994.