Iran: release of actress Taraneh Alidoosti

Taraneh Alidoosti poses for photographers as she arrives at the premiere of the film 'Leila's Brothers' at the 75th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. AP - Daniel Cole

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Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti, 38, an internationally recognized artist, was released on bail on Wednesday January 4, three weeks after being arrested for supporting protests in Iran.

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"Woman, life, freedom" - the slogan of the protests that have rocked Iran since last September - three words written by hand on a sheet of white paper carried by Taraneh Alidoosti.

The photo is published on social networks in November.

On the picture, the famous Iranian actress does not wear the Islamic headscarf compulsory in her country.

In another message, a few weeks later, the artist denounced the

hanging of Mohsen Shekari

, the first protester executed for acts committed during the protest movement.

On December 17,

Taraneh Alidoosti was arrested

and imprisoned in Evin prison in Tehran.

The world of cinema is outraged and mobilized, from Hollywood to the Cannes Film Festival, hundreds of personalities and institutions are calling for the release of the Iranian actress.

After three weeks in detention, Taraneh Alidoosti was released on Wednesday on payment of bail, the amount of which has not been revealed.

And uncertainty remains on the consequences that Iranian justice will give to the positions taken by the committed artist.

British actress of Iranian origin Nazanin Boniadi welcomed the fact that her colleague had appeared " 

bravely without the obligatory veil in the photos after her release 

".

Actress #TaranehAlidoosti, who was imprisoned after posting a photo of herself without compulsory hijab on her social media, in solidarity with the nationwide protests, has been released on bail.

And is courageously also without mandatory hijab in the photos after her release.

https://t.co/kfBY7lZP4o

— Nazanin Boniadi (@NazaninBoniadi) January 4, 2023

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