The Berlin and Rotterdam International Film Festivals, the Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival and the European Film Academy, among other film organizations, issued a joint statement today protesting the arrest of the Oscar-nominated actress. Tarane Alidustifor her role in the film”Salesman“.

The organizations, which also include the International Coalition of Endangered Filmmakers and the German Film Academy, are demanding Alidousti’s “immediate and unconditional release”, according to Variety.

An actress who starred in four of his director’s films. Asghar Faradi was arrested and held in jail since last Saturday after participating in protests against Iran’s repressive regime. She was also sanctioned for her solidarity with imprisoned Iranian directors, notably Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasulov.

“We call on the Iranian authorities to put an end to arbitrary detentions. The Iranian people are deprived of fundamental freedoms, including freedom of speech and freedom of peaceful assembly,” said Mike Downey, President of the European Film Academy. He also pointed out that “along with lawyers, cultural figures, journalists and activists, prominent figures in the film industry are being unfairly persecuted.”

The 38-year-old actress condemned the authorities for hanging Mohsen Sekari, who was executed on charges of “war against God”, according to the laws of Islam, and in social media posts she supported the protest movement against the mandatory wearing of the hijab. and condemned the execution of the protesters.

Faradi, a two-time Oscar winner, also called on authorities to release the actress in a social media statement.

“I worked with Tarane on four films, and now she is in prison, because she rightly stood up for her compatriots and expressed her disagreement with unfair punishments,” the director wrote on his Instagram account.

According to APE-MPE, Variety