Various personalities and authorities from the world of cinema had called for his release. This Wednesday, Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti was released on bail from Evin prison where she had been detained since December for supporting the protest in Iran.
The actress’s mother, Nadereh Hakim Elahi, announced the news via an Instagram story posted on Wednesday. Taraneh Alidoosti’s lawyer, Zahra Minooei, also confirmed the information to the Isna news agency.
“Today my client, Ms. Taraneh Alidoosti, will be released from Evin prison after paying her bail,” he said.
Open letter
Taraneh Alidoosti is famous abroad for starring in award-winning films by director Asghar Farhadi, including The clientOscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2017. He also starred in Saeed Roustayi’s film Leyla and her brotherspresented at the Cannes Film Festival in 2022.
The 38-year-old actress was arrested on December 17 for Instagram posts in support of the protests in Iran, in which she highlighted the denunciation of the execution of protesters and where she is seen removing her veil.
On December 22, nearly 500 personalities and workers from the world of cinema, including actresses Kate Winslet and Marion Cotillard and directors Ken Loach and Pedro Almodóvar, had called for their immediate release in an open letter and the Cannes Film Festival also had expressed strong condemnation. this arrest.
Several Iranian artists detained
The protest in Iran was triggered by the death on September 16, mahsa aminiA 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman who died after being arrested in Tehran by the morality police, who accused her of violating the Islamic Republic’s strict dress code for women.
Since then, hundreds of people have been killed, thousands have been arrested and two 23-year-old men have been hanged in connection with the riots. Several Iranian artists such as filmmakers Jafar Panahi, Mohammad Rasoulof and Mostafa Al-Ahmad, singer Shervin Kapour and Kurdish rapper Saman Yasin were also detained.
Source: BFM TV
