Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti, who was at the Cannes Film Festival this year with Competition Title Leila’s Brothers, has posted an image of herself on social media without her headscarf in sup…
and Kurdish, Tehran-based rapper Saman Yasin, who could face the death penalty after being found guilty of “enmity against God” in a court hearing at the end of October.
In a post earlier this week, Alidoosti signalled she was in Iran and had no plans to leave her native country, preferring instead to back the fight for freedom and equal rights for women. “I do not have a passport or residence anywhere except Iran. I’ll stay and look you straight in the eyes like all these normal people when I scream for my rights,” she wrote.
“I’ve inherited this courage from the women of my land, who for years have been living their lives, every day with resistance… I will stay, I will not quit, I will stand with the families of the prisoners and murdered and demand their rights. I will fight for my home, I will pay whatever it takes to stand up for my rights, and most importantly: I believe in what we are building together today.
At least 1,000 people are believed to have been detained by the Iranian authorities since the beginning of the protests, while more than 200 people, including teenagers, have been killed by the country’s security forces as they try to rein in demonstrations.
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