Iranian film authorities have banned actresses who have appeared in public from participating in new films without covering herself with the veil ohsomehow violated the strict dress code from the country.
Many Iranian actresses have appeared in public without the hijab or posted images discovered on social media in recent months as show of support for the protests unleashed by death in September Mahsa Aminiafter being arrested for not wearing the veil.
“The Director of the Supervision Department of the Iran Film Organization (Roohollah Sohrabi) announced that a group of famous Iranian actresses have been banned for removing the veil“, reported the digital newspaper Iran Front Page (IFP).
Sohrabi warned filmmakers not to cast these actresses in their films as they will face “serious consequences“, he indicated.
The director of the state body that manages Iranian audiovisual production also revealed that “it has not been possible” to show at least 10 finished films because the actresses who participated in them later appeared without a veil or because they have “escaped” the country.