Iranian Actress Sentenced to 90 Lashes

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Updated Apr. 24, 2017 2:32PM EDT / Published Oct. 10, 2011 12:43PM EDT

Iranian Actress Marzieh Vafamehr has been sentenced to 90 lashes and a year in jail for her role in a controversial film, My Tehran for Sale. Vafamehr was arrested in July after the film was strongly condemned by conservatives in the Islamic republic of Iran and subsequently freed on bail. The movie tells the story of an actress in Tehran who is forbidden by authorities to perform in the theater and is thus forced to lead a secret life in order to express herself artistically. Vafamehr’s lawyer has appealed the sentence, which was announced on Saturday.

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Iranian Actress Sentenced to 90 Lashes