For her, the Cannes Film Festival and Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi took up the field. Taraneh Alidousti, one of Iran’s most famous and talented actresses, was released on bail and released from Tehran’s Evin Prison. The artist, who has starred in four Farhadi films and the two that won the Academy Statuette, was arrested last month for his participation Anti-regime protests. The announcement of his release was made by Iran International. The bail paid is 10 billion riyals (about 225,000 euros), his lawyer tweeted Zahra Minoui. Today Alidousti pictures of her are circulating on social media without headscarf upon release from prison. The actress was arrested by security forces in Tehran in mid-December for supporting ongoing anti-establishment protests in Iran, her opposition to the compulsory hijab and the government’s use of the death penalty. She previously posted her veilless photo to her Instagram page, holding a paper that read, “Women, Life, Freedom.”.
“I’ve worked with Taraneh in four films, now she’s in prison for justly supporting her compatriots and standing up to their unjust sentences. If supporting protesters is a crime, then tens of millions of Iranians are criminals,” Farhadi wrote. Taraneh Alidoosti was arrested on December 17. Farhadi directed the film with Taraneh Alidoosti, among others The customer, winner of the 2017 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Alidoosti boycotted the award ceremony in protest at US President Donald Trump’s immigration policy at the time towards people from Muslim-majority countries.
Meanwhile, the situation in Iran remains very delicate as the first death sentence in Iran was handed down to an intellectual who took part in anti-regime protests without taking to the streets but published an interview on Israeli television in recent months, in which he expressed criticism of the Islamic Republic. Writer and illustrator Mehdi Bahman has been accused of spying for IsraelThis was reported by Saudi Arabia-run, London-based website Iran International. Iran Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s photo was burned in the square today during anti-government protests after Friday prayers in Zahedan in Sistan-Balochistan province, home to the pro-Sunni Islam-professing Balochi community oppressed by the Islamic Republic’s Shia regime, according to the BBC, which released images and Videos of the demonstration. “The army is committing crimes, Khamenei is supporting them,” protesters chanted. Last week people took to the streets after Friday prayers.
The only very faint glimmer seems to come from Ali Khamenei’s last words: “Hijab is undoubtedly a Sharia requirement, but this should not lead to accusations of irreligious attitudes or counter-revolution for those who do not wear the hijab rigidly,” she said in a speech to a group of women, reported by Iran’s Irna news agency and also the BBC’s Farsi edition. “Those who do not wear full hijab should not be accused of anti-religion and anti-revolutionary sentiments,” Khamenei said, adding that women who wear the veil incorrectly, “they are our daughters“.
On the outside, however, a fierce controversy erupted against the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo who has published dozens of cartoons featuring Iran’s Supreme Leader. An insulting and indecent act,” said Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. The French magazine’s “offensive and indecent” act will not go “without an effective and resolute response,” the head of Tehran’s diplomacy tweeted, stressing that “we will not allow the French government to cross the border.” They definitely went in the wrong direction.”