Iran arrests actor over anti-Hijab protests, physician found dead

Iran arrested a prominent actor after she voiced support for the three month old protest movement triggered by the death of a woman in custody.Taraneh Alidoosti, 38, was detained on Saturday for "publishing false and distorted content and inciting chaos," the Tasnim news agency reported. She is best known for her role in the Oscar-winning 2016 film "The Salesman". Meanwhile, the authorities in Iran also arrested Aida Rostami, a physician,over treating injured protesters at their homes,was announced dead.

Aida Rostami, a physician arrested over treating injured protesters at their homes, was announced dead by Iran's regime. Her body showed signs of torture, with one of her eyes removed and half of her face crushed. Regime says she's killed in car accident.https://t.co/sRdhjCm9ws pic.twitter.com/igBFU6P78z

— Iran International English (@IranIntl_En) December 17, 2022

Alidoosti's most recent social media post was on December 8, the same day Mohsen Shekari, 23, became the first person executed by authorities over the protests. "Your silence means the support of the oppression and the oppressor", read text on an image shared to her Instagram account. "Every international organisation who is watching this bloodshed and not taking action, is a disgrace to humanity," Alidoosti wrote in the caption of her post.The actor has been a prominent presence in Iranian cinema since she was a teenager. Recently, she starred in the film "Leila's Brothers", which screened at this year's Cannes Film Festival.