Five actresses, a football coach and two former MPs.

Iranian justice has summoned eight public figures, accused of having published "provocative" content in support of the protest movement in Iran.

"Following comments written without evidence on recent events and the publication of provocative material in support of the riots by political figures and celebrities, these people were summoned to the Tehran prosecutor's office on Saturday to answer the authorities. legal proceedings,” Mizan Online said late Saturday.

Persepolis FC football club coach Yahya Golmohammadi harshly criticized national team players last week for not "bringing the voice of the oppressed people to the ears of the authorities" after the Iranian national team's meeting with the president Ebrahim Raisi.

The two former reform MPs Mahmoud Sadeghi and Parvaneh Salahshouri openly supported the protest movement, particularly on Twitter and denounced the government's use of force against the demonstrators.



The latter were summoned "to explain themselves on the publication of undocumented or offensive content".

According to Mizan Online, actresses Elnaz Shakerdoust, Mitra Hajjar, Baran Kosari, Sima Tirandaz and Hengameh Ghaziani have been summoned for posting unspecified "provocative content".

On Sunday, the pages of Yahya Golmohammadi and Baran Kosari were no longer available on Instagram.

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