Copyright: Is Your Image Yours At All Times?

What happens when your image is used without your permission?

This portrait was spotted in a "cheesy" art gallery at a mall in Dubai. We don't know who the artist is or how they obtained an image of my face. What we do know is that this image is most likely from the western style film "Tighe Aftab" shot in 1990 in Isfahan, Iran, in which I played the part of a Kurdish girl.

Here is a shot from the actual feature shot in 1990 with the late Jahangir Forouhar:

Ana Bayat. Tighe Aftab. 1990.

Is it legal to use someone else's face in a painting without their knowledge or permission?