Two salient Iranian actresses person been arrested for publically supporting wide anti-government protests, the country's state-run media reports.
Hengameh Ghaziani and Katayoun Riahi are accused of collusion and acting against Iran's authorities, Irna quality bureau says.
Both women earlier appeared successful nationalist without their headscarves - a motion of solidarity with demonstrators.
The protests erupted successful September aft the decease of a pistillate successful constabulary custody.
Mahsa Amini, 22, was detained by morality constabulary successful the capital, Tehran, for allegedly breaking the strict hijab rules. She died connected 16 September, 3 days later.
There were reports that officers bushed her with a baton and banged her caput against a vehicle, but constabulary denied that she was mistreated and said she suffered a bosom attack.
Ms Ghaziani and Ms Riahi - some multiple-award winning actresses - were detained connected Sunday connected the orders of Iran's prosecutor's office, Irna says.
Before the arrest, Ms Ghaziani wrote connected societal media that "whatever happens, cognize that arsenic ever I volition basal with the radical of Iran".
"This possibly my past post," she added.
The actresses are among a fig of high-profile Iranian nationalist figures to person expressed enactment for the protesters rallying against the country's clerical establishment.
Earlier connected Sunday, Ehsan Hajsafi, skipper of Iran's nationalist shot squad astatine the World Cup successful Qatar, said that "we person to judge that the conditions successful our state are not close and our radical are not happy".
Separately, the caput of Iran's boxing federation, Hossein Soori, announced that helium would not beryllium returning location from a tourney successful Spain owed to the convulsive suppression of the protests successful his location country.
Human rights activists person said that immoderate 400 demonstrators person been killed and 16,800 others arrested successful a crackdown by information forces.
Iran's leaders accidental the protests are "riots" orchestrated by the country's overseas enemies.
At slightest 5 protesters person been sentenced to decease successful transportation with the demonstrations.