Taraneh Alidoosti: Top Iran actress who supported protests arrested

Iranian authorities person arrested 1 of the country's champion known actresses, aft she expressed solidarity with anti-government demonstrators.

Taraneh Alidoosti was detained connected charges of "spreading falsehoods" astir the protestation question that has gripped the country, authorities media said.

In an Instagram station past week, she condemned the execution of a antheral implicit his engagement with the protests.

Ms Alidoosti is champion known for her relation successful the Oscar-winning movie The Salesman.

In her post, the 38-year-old took purpose astatine immoderate planetary organisations for not speaking retired against the execution of Mohsen Shekari.

He was hanged by authorities aft they accused him of being a "rioter" who blocked a main roadworthy successful Tehran successful September and wounded a subordinate of a paramilitary unit with a machete.

"His sanction was Mohsen Shekari. Every planetary organisation who is watching this bloodshed and not taking action, is simply a disgrace to humanity," she wrote.

According to a station connected the authorities quality bureau IRNA's Telegram account, she was arrested by constabulary for failing to supply "any documents successful enactment with her claims".

Her Instagram account, which has much than 8 cardinal followers, was precocious taken down.

The 38-year-old is 1 of Iran's astir palmy actresses. She starred successful The Salesman, which won an Academy Award successful 2016 for the Best International Feature Film.

But since the outbreak of the protestation question she became a vocal professional of the Iranian government's attempts to clamp down connected the nationwide unrest, sparked by the decease of Mahsa Amini successful constabulary custody successful September.

In November, she attracted attraction aft posting an representation of herself connected Instagram without a headscarf to awesome solidarity with the demonstrations.

The protestation question has go 1 of the astir superior challenges to the Iranian authorities since it came to powerfulness successful the 1979 revolution.

Authorities person already executed 2 men aft they were recovered blameworthy of "moharebeh" - astir translated arsenic "enmity against God". Under Iranian law, the transgression is defined arsenic "creating nationalist insecurity" by threatening lives oregon spot with a weapon.