Iranian authorities have arrested Taraneh Alidoosti, the star of the 2016 Oscar-Award-winning film "The Salesman," on charges of spreading false information after she posted on social media that the country's recent execution of a man was a disgrace to humanity.
A message of solidarity with a man executed in recent protests was sent by Taraneh Alidoosti.
One week after she expressed her support for a man who was executed in anti-government protests, Alidoosti was arrested because she failed to provide documentation in line with her claims.
She criticized the execution of Shekari, who was put to death for blocking a street and attacking a security official.
A former professional soccer player is facing the death penalty in Iran for participating in a group that killed a police colonel.
Last week, Iranian officials executed a second person, who authorities claim stabbed members of Iran's paramilitary group, the Basij Resistance Force, but whose trial was condemned by human rights observes as based on coerced confessions.
Alidoosti used social media as a form of protest, posting a photo of herself holding a piece of paper that said "woman, life freedom."
An act of apparent solidarity with Iranian women who have been protesting for months against the country's strict moral police, Alidoosti was not wearing a hijab.
The protests began after the death of a woman in police custody for disobeying the country's dress code. Authorities claim that she died of a heart attack, but she was beaten to death. Iran is said to be considering lifting its requirement for women to wear hijabs after protests around the world. According to the Human Rights Activists' News Agency, over 500 people have been killed in the protests.
Iran has carried out the first execution over protests.
The actress of an Oscar-winning movie has been arrested.
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