Marjane Satrapi’s black-and-white coming-of-age autobiographical animated film Persepolis has been acclaimed mainly for its anti-stereotypical image of Iran and Iranians. However, there is a lack of scholarly works that acknowledge the movie’s depiction of Iranian women’s resistance to patriarchal power. This presentation will focus on the elements of film language, including narrative form and mise-en-scene, to investigate the different ways the film portrays Iranian women striving for agency, freedom, emancipation, and resisting gender-based discrimination and injustice. By focusing on the three leading female characters (Marjane, her mother, and her grandmother), the paper argues that in Persepolis, women are depicted as political agents who fight for their rights as individuals and as a community. I specifically look at three areas: First, I examine the female body as a site of resistance. Second, I investigate the film’s critique of the compulsory hijab law under the Islamic Republic, embodied in its institutionalized oppression enforced through the police system and religious surveillance in schools and universities. Finally, I discuss the concept of women’s solidarity in the film as a missing piece that can help Iranian women thrive in the patriarchal culture. Demonstrating these unique characteristics of Satrapi’s film makes this study valuable. Most existing films about Iranian women—even those made by Iranian feminist filmmakers—portray women as victims of the circumstances enforced by men in power. In contrast, this paper argues that Persepolis offers an alternative, truthful image that portrays women as active agents who can make decisions for themselves and act against patriarchal rules.