David Diaan
David Diaan, also known as David Davoodian, is a Los Angeles – based actor, writer, producer, and entrepreneur.
He is best known for his roles in films such as" The Stoning of Soraya M. America So Beautiful The Dogwalker The Ten Peep World", and" Mossadegh".
He has also appeared on television shows such as" NCISWeeds Parks and Recreation" and" The Unit".
Ali Pourtash
Ali Pourtash is an actor and comedian of Iranian cinema.
Having worked in numerous plays, films, TV shows and stage productions in Tehran and in Los Angeles Pourtash was most recently seen in the 2008 film The Stoning of Soraya M. directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh.
Other notable roles include the role of Haji firouz, the comedic side- kick to Amoo norooz in the classic holiday special Babak and Friends- A First Norooz.
Asieh Amini
Asieh Amini( born 14 September 1973) is an Iranian poet and journalist currently residing in Trondheim, Norway.
She is a Women's Rights activist fighting against the death penalty in general and specifically against the stoning of women and minors in Iran.
Arthur Pierson (director)
Arthur Pierson( June 16, 1901 – January 1, 1975) was a Norwegian- born American actor and director.
Born in Oslo, he was brought to the United States and raised in Seattle, Washington.
He made his Broadway acting debut in 1929 in" Remote Control".
He continued to appear on stage throughout the 1930s, appearing in plays such as" Night of January 16th"( 1935) and a Broadway production of" Othello"( 1937).
His last Broadway appearance was in" The Unconquered" in 1940.
In 1932 he took up film acting as well, appearing in Lloyd Corrigan's" No One Man".
He subsequently appeared in over a dozen movies, usually in minor roles.
Among his best- known film roles was Capitano Lorenzo in the Laurel and Hardy comedy" The Devil's Brother"( 1933).
In 1947 he went behind the camera to direct" Dangerous Years".
He directed two other features," The Fighting O'Flynn"( 1949) and" Home Town Story"( 1951), before turning to television as a director and producer.
In his later years he was an executive at animation studio Hanna- Barbera.
He died of a heart attack on January 1, 1975, in Santa Monica, California.
Freidoune Sahebjam
Freidoune Sahebjam( Persian:)( 1933–2008) was a French- Iranian journalist, war correspondent, and novelist who resided in Neuilly- sur- Seine in France.
He gained international recognition for his novel" La Femme Lapidée", in 1990, about Soraya Manutchehri, which was translated four years later as" The Stoning of Soraya M.: A True Story".
The book became the basis for screenplay of the 2008 film" The Stoning of Soraya M.", in which the American actor James Caviezel portrays Sahebjam.
Sahebjam was a journalist for the French TV channel LCI and for French newspapers such as" Le Monde" and" Le Telegramme".
Before his death, he had recently written a biography on his mother, an aristocrat of Qajar heritage, entitled" Une Princesse Persane".
He died on Wednesday 26 March 2008, at the age of 75.
The cause of death was not reported.
The Fighting O'Flynn
The Fighting O'Flynn is a 1949 American film directed by Arthur Pierson.
The film's screenplay by Douglas Fairbanks Jr. is based on the novel of the same name by Justin Huntly McCarthy.
Fairbanks stars, along with Helena Carter.
Cyrus Nowrasteh
Cyrus Nowrasteh born) is an American screenwriter and director of theatrical films, television shows, and made- for- TV movies.
He is best known for his involvement in the controversial docudrama" The Path to 9/11".
The Stoning of Soraya M.
The Stoning of Soraya M. is a 2008 Persian- language American drama film adapted from French- Iranian journalist Freidoune Sahebjam's 1990 book" La Femme Lapidée".
The film is directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh, and stars Academy Award nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo( as Zahra), James Caviezel( as Freidoune Sahebjam, the foreign journalist), and Mozhan Marnò( as Soraya Manutchehri, the title character).
" The Stoning of Soraya M." had its world premiere at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the Director's Choice Award.
It was also the second runner- up for the Cadillac People's Choice Award.
The book has been banned in Iran.
Soraya Manutchehri
Soraya Manutchehri( 1951 August 15, 1986) was a 35- year- old woman who was stoned to death in the small village of Kuhpayeh, Iran, after being allegedly convicted of adultery.
Unnamed witnesses have claimed that her husband, Ghorban- Ali, a prison guard with a petty criminal past, was eager to get rid of her in order to marry a 14- year- old girl.
Not wanting to support two families, nor return Soraya's dowry, he therefore spread false rumors of her adultery.
Her death was the subject of a 1990 novel," La Femme Lapidée", by Freidoune Sahebjam.
The novel was later adapted as a film," The Stoning of Soraya M."( 2008).
John Shepherd (actor)
John William Shepherd (born November 18, 1960) is an American actor and producer who has starred in film and on television.
He is best known for his role in the 1985 horror film  as Tommy Jarvis and speaks in the commentary of the deluxe edition DVD of the film in 2009.
He also appeared in one episode of  TV series.
Other movies he starred in were the 1992 movie "Deep Cover" and in the 1996 comedy film "Down Periscope" with Kelsey Grammer.
His most recent role was in the 2000 movie .
Shepherd has made guest appearances on TV shows such as "Quantum LeapTour of Duty", and "T.J. Hooker".
John Shepherd is currently the President of Mpower Pictures and the producer of such films as "The Ultimate Gift", and co-executive producer of "Bella".
He also has a film which won the 2009 LA Film Festival called "The Stoning of Soraya M.", and the following year, was the producer of "Snowmen".

Question: Are the directors of both films The Stoning of Soraya M. and The Fighting O'Flynn from the same country?
Answer: yes