Like many personalities and defenders of human rights since this weekend, the director Asghar Farhadi also called on Tuesday for the “release” of the Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti, arrested on Saturday in Iran for having supported the wave of protests.
“I stand with Taraneh and call for his release and that of my fellow filmmakers Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof, and all the other lesser known prisoners whose only crime is that they wanted a better life,” Asghar Farhadi said on Instagram on Tuesday.
months of turmoil
Figure of Iranian cinema (Leyla and her brothers), Taraneh Alidoosti, 38, was arrested on Saturday for posts on social media in support of the protests that include the execution of protesters, or in which she is seen removing her headscarf.
“If showing such support is a crime, then tens of millions of people in this country are criminals,” also wrote the two-time Oscar winner, the Iranian filmmaker, who in particular starred the actress in ‘The Client’ (Oscar to the best foreign film). film in language in 2017).
Taraneh Alidoosti is the most famous personality arrested in connection with the protest movement that has been agitating Iran for three months. Several Iranian film personalities have also been concerned or arrested by the authorities, even before the current wave of protests, such as directors Mohammad Rasoulof and Jafar Panahi, still in custody.
international support
Since this weekend, the release of the actress Fuse has been called for, both in Iran and internationally. “Iran’s brave actress has been arrested,” her colleague Golshifteh Farahani, who began her career in Iran before fleeing the country and settling in France, posted on her Instagram. British pop group the Pet Shop Boys denounced a “fascist government” in Iran following his arrest, while the Cannes Film Festival called for the “immediate release” of Taraneh Alidoosti.
The protest in Iran was sparked by the death on September 16 of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman who died after being arrested in Tehran by police. Since then, hundreds of people have been killed, thousands arrested, and two 23-year-old men have been hanged.
Source: BFM TV
