Twenty Iranian actresses were banned from performing and acting for disseminating photos in the social networks which showed them without the mandatory veil or Hijab.
According to a statement ratified by the Council Supervising the National Media Activities, the state’s official television and radio network, IRIB, must discontinue its cooperation with the actresses who have appeared in the social networks in manners that contradict social norms.
The IRIB announced the names of a number of these women as the following: Mahnaz Afshar, Sahar Qorishi, Yekta Nasser, Sara Monjezi, Shabnam Gholikhani, Shiela Khodadad, Bahareh Kian Afshar, Leila Bolukat, Behnoosh Bakhtiari, Behnoosh Tabatabaii, Sahar Dolatshahi, Merila Zare’ii, Elnaz Habibi, Bahareh Rahnama, Fariba Naderi and Parastoo Salehi. (The state-run Aparat website – September 13, 2017)