Iran arrests top actors who removed headcarves, in wider crackdown on celebrities

Prominent Iranians in film and sport have been condemned for expressing solidarity with the protest movement

Iran has arrested two prominent actors who expressed solidarity with the country's protest movement and removed their headscarves in public, according to state media.

Hengameh Ghaziani and Katayoun Riahi were both detained after being summoned by prosecutors looking into their provocative" social media posts, Iran's state-run IRNA news agency said.