Iran authorities arrest actress of Oscar-winning film

Iran arrested a distinguished actress on Saturday after she voiced help for the three-month-old protest motion sparked by the dying of a lady in custody.

Cairo,UPDATED: Dec 18, 2022 00:20 IST

Taraneh Alidoosti poses for photographers upon arrival on the premiere of the movie ‘Leila’s Brothers’ (Photo: AP)

By Associated Press: Iranian authorities arrested one of many nation’s most well-known actresses on fees of spreading falsehoods about nationwide protests that grip the nation, state media stated Saturday.

The report by IRNA stated Taraneh Alidoosti, star of the Oscar-winning film “The Salesman,” was detained per week after she made a publish on Instagram expressing solidarity with the primary man not too long ago executed for crimes allegedly dedicated in the course of the nationwide protests.

IRNA additionally stated a number of different Iranian celebrities had ″been summoned by the judiciary physique over publishing provocative content material.″ It didn’t say what number of or present additional particulars.

According to the report printed on the state media’s official Telegram channel, Alidoosti was arrested as a result of she didn’t present ”any paperwork in keeping with her claims.″

In her publish, the 38-year-old actress stated: ″His identify was Mohsen Shekari. Every worldwide group who’s watching this bloodshed and never taking motion, is a shame to humanity.”

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Shekari was executed December 9 after being charged by an Iranian court docket with blocking a road in Tehran and attacking a member of the nation’s safety forces with a machete.

Last Week, Iran executed a second prisoner, Majidreza Rahnavard, in reference to the protests. Rahnavard’s physique was left hanging from a building crane as a ugly warning to others. Iranian authorities alleged Rahnavard stabbed two members of its paramilitary pressure.

Both males have been executed lower than a month after they have been charged, underscoring the velocity at which Iran now carries out dying sentences imposed for alleged crimes associated to the demonstrations. Activists say at the least a dozen folks have been sentenced to dying in closed-door hearings.

Alidoosti has made at the least three posts on her Instagram account expressing solidarity with protesters because the demonstrations broke out in September. Her account, which had some 8 million followers, was suspended Sunday.

Iran has been rocked by protests because the Sept. 16 dying of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died after being detained by the morality police. The protests have since morphed into some of the critical challenges to Iran’s theocracy put in by the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Alidoosti has beforehand criticised the Iranian authorities and its police pressure.

In June 2020, she was given a suspended five-month jail sentence after she criticized the police on Twitter in 2018 for assaulting a lady who had eliminated her scarf.

Other motion pictures Alidoosti has starred in embody The Beautiful City and About Elly.

Hengameh Ghaziani and Katayoun Riahi, two different well-known actresses in Iran, have been arrested by authorities for expressing solidarity with protesters on social media. Both have been launched.

At least 495 folks have been killed within the demonstrations amid a harsh safety crackdown, based on Human Rights Activists in Iran, a gaggle that has been monitoring the protests since they started. Over 18,200 folks have been detained by authorities.

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Dec 18, 2022