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Prominent Iran actor freed on bail: media
Prominent Iranian actor Hengameh Ghaziani has been released on bail more than a week after her arrest for having supported nationwide protests.
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In this file photo taken on February 3, 2016, Iranian actress Hengameh Ghaziani poses upon her arrival for a screening during the 34th edition of the Fajr Film Festival at the Milad Tower in Tehran. (AFP/Atta Kenare)
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prominent Iranian actor has been released on bail more than a week after her arrest for having supported nationwide protests, local media reported.
Hengameh Ghaziani "was released today based on an order from judicial authorities," state news agency IRNA reported late Sunday.
Tasnim news agency added that she was let out on bail.
Her release came a day after dissident Hossein Ronaghi, one of the most prominent figures arrested over the demonstrations, was also freed on bail, reports said.
Renowned footballer Voria Ghafouri was also reported to have been released on bail, but his wife has denied his release on Instagram.
Iran's judiciary reported on November 20 that Ghaziani was among eight celebrities and politicians interrogated for their comments about the protest sparked by the September 16 death in custody of Mahsa Amini, 22.
Amini had been arrested for an alleged breach of Iran's strict dress rules for women.
Thousands of people have been arrested and dozens killed in connection with what Iranian officials call "riots" fomented by Western enemies.
Among the latests figures summoned by the judiciary on Monday was Sadegh Zibakalam, a professor at Tehran University, IRNA reported.
He is accused of having circulated "without proof" on Twitter reports that "more than 400 Iranians" had died during the protests, the news agency said.
"This toll was based on the reports of the Norway-based organisation Iran Human Rights and Persian-language media outlets based abroad, and I have no reliable information on the number of people killed," Zibakalam wrote on Telegram after his summon.
Before her detention Ghaziani, 52, had already indicated she had been summoned by the judiciary, and then published a video on Instagram of herself removing the obligatory hijab head covering.
She is a two-time winner, in 2008 and 2012, of the best female actor award at Tehran's Fajr film festival.
State media had earlier reported that another prominent actor, Katayoun Riahi, was arrested in the same probe.
Also summoned at the same time, according to the judiciary, was Yahya Golmohammadi, coach of Persepolis FC, one of Iran's best-known football teams.
