Iran arrests a top actress who expressed solidarity with a man executed over protests - NPR

Taraneh Alidoosti arrives for a movie premiere astatine the Cannes movie festival successful confederate France connected May 25. Iranian authorities arrested Alidoosti, 1 of the country's astir celebrated actresses, connected charges of spreading falsehoods astir nationwide protests, authorities media said Saturday. Daniel Cole/AP hide caption

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Taraneh Alidoosti arrives for a movie premiere astatine the Cannes movie festival successful confederate France connected May 25. Iranian authorities arrested Alidoosti, 1 of the country's astir celebrated actresses, connected charges of spreading falsehoods astir nationwide protests, authorities media said Saturday.

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CAIRO — Iranian authorities arrested 1 of the country's astir celebrated actresses connected charges of spreading falsehoods astir nationwide protests that grip the country, authorities media said Saturday.

The study by IRNA said Taraneh Alidoosti, prima of the Oscar-winning movie "The Salesman," was detained a week aft she made a station connected Instagram expressing solidarity with the archetypal antheral precocious executed for crimes committed during the nationwide protests.

According to the study published connected the authorities media's authoritative Telegram channel, Alidoosti was arrested due to the fact that she did not supply ''any documents successful enactment with her claims.″

''His sanction was Mohsen Shekari,'' she said successful her post. ''Every planetary enactment who is watching this bloodshed and not taking action, is simply a disgrace to humanity."

Shekari was executed Dec. 9 aft being charged by an Iranian tribunal with blocking a thoroughfare successful Tehran and attacking a subordinate of the country's information forces with a machete.

Iran has been rocked by protests since the Sept. 16 death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died aft being detained by the morality police. The protests person since morphred into 1 of the astir superior challenges to Iran's theocracy installed by the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Hengameh Ghaziani and Katayoun Riahi, 2 different celebrated actresses successful Iran, were arrested by authorities for expressing solidarity with protesters connected societal media. Both person been released.

At slightest 495 radical person been killed successful the demonstrations amid a harsh information crackdown, according to Human Rights Activists successful Iran, a radical that has been monitoring the protests since they began. Over 18,200 radical person been detained by authorities.