Iran on Sunday faced calls from celebrities and rights groups to free actor Taraneh Alidoosti, one of the most prominent figures yet arrested in its crackdown on the three-month protest movement. “The brave actress of Iran got arrested,” fellow actor Golshifteh Farahani wrote on Instagram. The New York-based Centre for Human Rights in Iran said “women are being arrested and jailed in Iran for refusing to wear forced hijabs, including prominent actress Taraneh Alidoosti. Alidoosti’s most recent social media post was on December 8, the same day Mohsen Shekari, 23, became the first person executed by authorities over the protests. Iran’s top security body, the Supreme National Security Council, said on December 3 that more than 200 people had been killed in the street violence, including security personnel.

Source: CBC News December 18, 2022 11:32 UTC