Two prominent Iranian actresses arrested - state media
Also: Iran arrests actors for removing headscarves, in wider crackdown on celebrities (AFP via the Guardian)
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Source: BBC
Two prominent Iranian actresses arrested - state media
21 November 2022
Two prominent Iranian actresses have been arrested for publicly supporting mass 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 news agency says.
Both women earlier appeared in public without their headscarves - a gesture of solidarity with demonstrators.
The protests erupted in September after the death of a woman in police custody.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-63698162
Before her arrest, Hengameh Ghaziani wrote: "Whatever happens, know that as always I will stand with the people of Iran" (Getty Images)
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Source: Agence France-Presse
Iran arrests actors for removing headscarves, in wider crackdown on celebrities
Agence France-Presse
Mon 21 Nov 2022 00.21 GMT
Last modified on Mon 21 Nov 2022 07.52 GMT
Iran has arrested two prominent actors who expressed solidarity with the country’s protest movement and removed their headscarves in public, according to state media.
Hengameh Ghaziani and Katayoun Riahi were both detained after being summoned by prosecutors looking into their “provocative” social media posts, Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency said.
Iran’s clerical leadership has been shaken by more than two months of demonstrations sparked by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman of Kurdish origin who had been arrested by the morality police in Tehran.
Authorities in the Islamic republic describe the protests as “riots” and accuse the country’s western foes of fomenting them.
On Saturday, Ghaziani published a video on Instagram of her removing the hijab. “Maybe this will be my last post,” she wrote.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/21/iran-arrests-actors-for-removing-headscarves-in-wider-crackdown-on-celebrities
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