Iran has released actress Taraneh Alidoosti, nearly three weeks after she was jailed for expressing solidarity with a man who was executed over unrest linked to anti-government protests.
Iran’s semi-official ISNA news agency said Taraneh Alidoosti, the 38-year-old star of Asghar Farhadi’s Oscar-winning “The Salesman,” was released on bail. Her mother, Nadere Hakimelahi, had earlier said she would be released in a post on Instagram.to express support for the nationwide protests and criticizing the authorities’ violent crackdown on dissent.
She had posted at least three messages in support of the protests on Instagram before her account was disabled.on charges linked to the protests, which were triggered by the death of a woman in police custody and have escalated into widespread calls for the overthrow of clerical rule.
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