Taraneh Alidoosti: Top Iranian actress poses without headscarf
Taraneh Alidoosti: Top Iranian actress poses without headscarf
A prominent Iranian actress posted an image of herself on Instagram without a headscarf in solidarity with anti-government protests.
Taraneh Alidoosti - best known for her role in the Oscar-winning film The Salesman - was also holding a sign reading "Woman, Life, Freedom" in Kurdish.
The slogan has become a common rallying cry among protesters.
The protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody are entering their seventh week.
The 22-year-old died after being arrested by morality police in Tehran for allegedly breaking Iran's strict rules requiring women to to cover their hair with a hijab, or Islamic Headscarf.
Ms. Alidoosti is one of Iran's most famous actresses and has over eight million followers on Instagram. She starred in The Salesman, which won an Oscar in 2016 for Best International Feature Film.
She previously vowed to stay in Iran at all costs and took time off from her career to support the families of those killed in the security forces' crackdown on protesters.
Local human rights activists say at least 328 people were killed and another 14,800 detained.
A prominent Iranian actress posted an image of herself on Instagram without a headscarf in solidarity with anti-government protests.
Taraneh Alidoosti - best known for her role in the Oscar-winning film The Salesman - was also holding a sign reading "Woman, Life, Freedom" in Kurdish.
The slogan has become a common rallying cry among protesters.
The protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody are entering their seventh week.
The 22-year-old died after being arrested by morality police in Tehran for allegedly breaking Iran's strict rules requiring women to to cover their hair with a hijab, or Islamic Headscarf.
Ms. Alidoosti is one of Iran's most famous actresses and has over eight million followers on Instagram. She starred in The Salesman, which won an Oscar in 2016 for Best International Feature Film.
She previously vowed to stay in Iran at all costs and took time off from her career to support the families of those killed in the security forces' crackdown on protesters.
Local human rights activists say at least 328 people were killed and another 14,800 detained.
