{"id":1254724,"date":"2022-11-21T07:45:02","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T07:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/21\/2-prominent-iranian-actresses-arrested-state-media\/"},"modified":"2022-11-21T07:45:02","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T07:45:02","slug":"2-prominent-iranian-actresses-arrested-state-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/21\/2-prominent-iranian-actresses-arrested-state-media\/","title":{"rendered":"2 prominent Iranian actresses arrested &#8211; state media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Katayoun-Riahi-.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>Two prominent Iranian actresses have been arrested for publicly supporting mass anti-government protests, the country\u2019s state-run media reports.<\/p>\n<p>Hengameh Ghaziani and Katayoun Riahi are accused of collusion and acting against Iran\u2019s authorities, Irna news agency says.<\/p>\n<p>Both women earlier appeared in public without their headscarves \u2013 a gesture of solidarity with demonstrators.<\/p>\n<p>The protests erupted in September after the death of a woman in police custody.<\/p>\n<p>Mahsa Amini, 22, was detained by morality police in the capital, Tehran, for allegedly breaking the strict hijab rules. She died on 16 September, three days later.<\/p>\n<p>There were reports that officers beat her with a baton and banged her head against a vehicle, but police denied that she was mistreated and said she suffered a heart attack.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Ghaziani and Ms Riahi \u2013 both multiple-award-winning actresses \u2013 were detained on Sunday on the orders of Iran\u2019s prosecutor\u2019s office, Irna says.<\/p>\n<p>Before the arrest, Ms Ghaziani wrote on social media that \u201cwhatever happens, know that as always I will stand with the people of Iran\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis maybe my last post,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Katayoun Riahi, one of the first actresses who appeared in public without mandatory hijab after the killing of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MahsaAmini?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#MahsaAmini<\/a>, has been reportedly arrested. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o7Jxu0UV7j\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/o7Jxu0UV7j<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ali Hamedani (@BBCHamedani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCHamedani\/status\/1594405179008458753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 20, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The actresses are among a number of high-profile Iranian public figures to have expressed support for the protesters rallying against the country\u2019s clerical establishment.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Sunday,\u00a0Ehsan Hajsafi, captain of Iran\u2019s national football team at the World Cup in Qatar, said that \u201cwe have to accept that the conditions in our country are not right and our people are not happy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, the head of Iran\u2019s boxing federation, Hossein Soori, announced that he would not be returning home from a tournament in Spain due to the violent suppression of the protests in his home country.<\/p>\n<p>Human rights activists have said that some 400 demonstrators have been killed and 16,800 others arrested in a crackdown by security forces.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s leaders say the protests are \u201criots\u201d orchestrated by the country\u2019s foreign enemies.<\/p>\n<p>At least five protesters have been sentenced to death in connection with the demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/2-prominent-iranian-actresses-arrested-state-media\/\">Source<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two prominent Iranian actresses have been arrested for publicly supporting mass anti-government protests, the country\u2019s state-run media reports. Hengameh Ghaziani and Katayoun Riahi are accused of collusion and acting against Iran\u2019s authorities, Irna news agency says. Both women earlier appeared in public without their headscarves \u2013 a gesture of solidarity with demonstrators. The protests erupted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1254729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[8902,2766,29146,1943,8684,2742],"class_list":["post-1254724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-actresses","tag-arrested","tag-iranian","tag-media","tag-prominent","tag-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1254724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1254724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1254724\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1254724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1254724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1254724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}