This paper explores the Iranian wedding ceremony as a performative reflection of marriage as a heteronormative and patriarchal institution. Drawing on feminist and queer theoretical frameworks, particularly the works of Janet Afary, Heather Brook, Sara Ahmed, and Judith Butler, I analyze how wedding rituals symbolically and practically reinforce traditional gender roles and patriarchal control over women’s bodies. By examining three Iranian visual refrences—Alireza Zhekan’s film The Mare (1986), Hassan Fathi’s TV series Shahrzad (2015), and Dariush Mehrjui’s Santoori (2007)—the paper investigates how spatial arrangements, symbolic practices, and performative roles function as disciplinary mechanisms for gender normativity. The analysis reveals how Iranian weddings emphasize fertility, female passivity, lifelong union, and heteronormative family structures through repetitive rituals. However, these visual references also demonstrate potential spaces for resistance and queering within the institution of marriage. By disrupting traditional rituals and roles, these narratives suggest alternative possibilities for agency, autonomy, and deviation from prescribed gender trajectories.