His support for the demonstrators did not please the authorities. Famous Iranian actress and women’s rights activist Taraneh Alidoosti was arrested on Saturday in Iran, as the protest movement entered its fourth month, local media reported.
Known for having played in multiple films by filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, Taraneh Alidoosti had repeatedly supported the protests on Instagram, sparked by the death on September 16 of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, after her arrest. in Tehran by the vice police. She accused him of having violated the strict dress code requiring women to wear the veil in public.
“Failure to react is a shame for humanity”
“Taraneh Alidoosti has been arrested for her recent actions in publishing false information and content, and for inciting chaos,” Tasnim news agency announced, without specifying the location of the arrest. The 38-year-old actress notably denounced the authorities on December 8 for hanging Mohsen Shekari, executed after being accused of “war against God”.
“Any international organization that watches this bloodbath without reacting is a disgrace to humanity,” she wrote on her Instagram page. In November, she had promised to stay in her country, to “pay the price” it will take to defend her rights and to stop working to support the families of those killed or arrested during the demonstrations.
Figure of Iranian cinema since his adolescence
Taraneh Alidoosti’s most famous role is the one she performed in Asghar Farhadi’s film The customerOscar for best foreign language film in 2017. A figure in Iranian cinema since her adolescence, she also starred in Saeed Roustayi’s film Leila and her brotherspresented this year at Cannes.
Several Iranian cinema personalities were worried or arrested by the authorities even before the current wave of protest, such as directors Mohammad Rasoulof and Jafar Panahi, who are still in detention. And since mid-September, thousands of Iranians and around 40 foreigners have been arrested and more than 2,000 people charged in connection with the protests, according to judicial authorities. A total of 23 men were hanged in connection with the unrest.