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Two well-known Iranian actresses have been arrested by safety forces after they confirmed help for the protest motion gripping the nation, as authorities intensify their crackdown on dissidents.
Hengameh Ghaziani and Katayoun Riahi had been arrested on separate events for publicly backing the nationwide protests, in line with the semi-official Tasnim News Agency.
Since September, the nation has seen widespread demonstrations, triggered by the demise of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini whereas within the custody of Iran’s morality police. Amini, a Kurdish Iranian lady, died after being detained for allegedly for not carrying her hijab correctly.
Riahi was arrested by Iranian safety forces on Sunday, Tasnim News Agency reported. The actress, who is thought for her roles in tv sequence “Joseph the Prophet” and “the Tenth Night,” in addition to movies reminiscent of “The Last Supper,” had posted a video of herself with no headband to her Instagram account on September 18 – two days after Amini’s demise.
In a separate incident, Ghaziani, who is thought in Iran for her appearances in movies reminiscent of “As Simple as That” and “Days of Life,” posted a video on her Instagram account Saturday which confirmed the Iranian actress in public with no headband, tying up her unfastened hair in a ponytail.
“This might be my last post. From this moment on, if anything happens to me, know that I will always be with the people of Iran until my last breath,” she stated within the caption.
Ghaziani was arrested by safety forces in possession of a courtroom order simply at some point after the video was posted, in line with Tasnim News Agency.
She was then dropped at the prosecutor’s workplace and charged with performing towards Iranian safety and interesting in propaganda actions directed towards the Iranian regime, in line with the state affiliated Fars News Agency.
On Sunday, Iran’s judiciary stated it had sentenced to demise a sixth individual accused of participating in latest protests, in line with Tasnim News Agency.
Citing the Iranian judiciary, the company stated a demonstrator who blocked visitors throughout a latest protest on Tehran’s Sattar Khan Street and clashed with members of the Basij militia was given the demise penalty.
All demise sentences issued are “preliminary and can be appealed” in Iran’s Court of Appeal, Tasnim added.
At least 378 folks have been killed by Iranian safety forces in complete, together with 47 youngsters killed within the nation since September, in line with Iran Human Rights on Saturday
CNN can not independently confirm the demise toll – a exact determine is inconceivable for anybody outdoors the Iranian authorities to substantiate – and completely different estimates have been given by opposition teams, worldwide rights organizations and native journalists.
Four of Iran’s Kurdish cities have seen notably intense clashes in latest days, with 13 folks killed over the previous 24-hours, activist Azhin Shekhi from the Norway-based Hengaw Organization for Human Rights informed CNN on Monday.
Casualties had been recorded in Kermanshah Province, West Azerbaijan Province and Kurdistan Province – the place nearly all of Iran’s Kurdish inhabitants reside – in line with Hengaw.
The demise toll since Tuesday final week has risen to 41 folks killed in Kurdish cities, Shekhi added.
An Iranian MP representing Mahabad, which was the capital of a short-lived Kurdish breakaway republic in northwest Iran in 1946, stated that no less than 11 folks had been killed within the metropolis alone.
Jalal Mahmoodzadeh was quoted in a reformist media outlet, saying it’s unclear if the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) – Iran’s elite army wing – had been a part of safety forces cracking down in Mahabad, however has written a letter to prime army officers asking them to de-escalate the scenario.
The IRGC launched a press release Sunday saying they had been “strengthening forces” at a base within the northwest of Iran to take care of “terrorists and separatists,” a press release printed by state-aligned information shops stated.
The reported demise toll adopted feedback from Hengaw to CNN on the weekend that regime forces’ “brutality” had “significantly increased” towards protesters in the previous few days.