Iran has released top Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti on bail, state media reported, weeks after she was detained for criticizing a crackdown on anti-government protests that have rocked the Islamic Republic for months. | Reuters
Best-known for her role in “The Salesman”, which won an Academy Award in 2017, the pro-reform artist Alidoosti had supported the protests, including by posting her picture on Instagram in November without the compulsory hijab head covering, and holding up a sign
which read “Woman, Life, Freedom” in Kurdish, a popular slogan in the mass protests.The semi-official ILNA news agency, citing her lawyer, said “Alidoosti, who was arrested on December 17, was released today on bail”, without giving further details.FEATURED STORIES
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