Jafar Panahi Sexiest Director Alive

By Rebecca Miles
Tehran
Last updated on July 13, 2025

And the Sexiest Man Alive 2025 is ... Jafar Panahi

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Jafar Panahi, 65, has been dubbed “the Sexiest Director Alive” by Glamour's magazine in its August 2025 issue out this week.

UPDATE 13/07/2025 : This story seems to be false. (read more)

For the second year in a row 2024 and 2025

The magazine has released its annual list of the 100 men who made history hotter, and the honors go to exactly who you thought they would (if you keep up with celebrity news): Jafar Panahi, the director best known for The Circle or The White Balloon. For the second year in a row, our gorgeous hottie beat out some other equally hot men for the number one spot! And we can't say we disagree!

Twitter Frenzy

Within minutes of Jafar Panahi being announced as this year’s winner, it had become the top trending topic on Twitter:

“He is unquestionably handsome, he’s been smartly building his career on more than his looks,” wrote one fan.

“#Jafar Panahi being named THE Sexiest Man Alive makes his girlfriend the luckiest Woman Alive?” joked another one.

The major upside of the award is that the Iranian director, screenwriter and producer will be getting plenty of press for the next few weeks. So what do you say? Do you think Jafar Panahi is the Sexiest Director Alive? And if not, who gets your vote?