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VOA – Iranian director Asghar Farhadi on Tuesday urged the release of Taraneh Alidoosti, who has starred in four of his films, after the actor’s arrest for supporting the three-month protest movement. Alidoosti, 38, was arrested on Saturday, official media said, after making a string of social media posts supporting the protests sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death — including removing …

standard.co.uk – Rishi Sunak has said he is “increasingly concerned” about Iran’s behaviour after the country’s security forces launched a brutal crackdown on protesters. In his first interrogation by the Commons Liaison Committee since becoming Prime Minister in October, Mr Sunak told MPs on Tuesday afternoon that the treatment of protesters by Iran’s security forces in recent months was “abhorrent”. He added: “Whilst Russia and Ukraine remains our number …

CHRI – The sentencing of theater actor Hossein Mohammadi to death in Iran after a show trial, and the arbitrary detentions of more than 100 film and theatre industry workers including superstar Taraneh Alidoosti, mark the latest chapter of the Islamic Republic’s deadly crackdown on dissent three months into the anti-state protests that have rocked the nation. “The international community, including film …

Al-Arabia – Iranian authorities have released one of the country’s best known dissidents after he spent three months in jail as protests shook the country, his brother said. Majid Tavakoli was released on bail from Tehran’s Evin prison after 89 days behind bars, his brother Mohsen wrote on Twitter late on Monday. Tavakoli had been arrested shortly after the start …

RFL/RE – Iranian protesters have opened a new front as their demonstrations over the death of Mahsa Amini enter a fourth month, taking to windows and rooftops to show their anger at the government as they push for more freedoms. Instead of taking to the streets, people have been chanting anti-government slogans from their apartment buildings in several neighborhoods of …