Jail and lashes for Iran actress

AN IRANIAN actress has been sentenced to a year in prison and 90 lashes for appearing in a film critical of the Islamic republic’s hard-line policies.
By The Newsroom
Published 11th Oct 2011, 01:00 BST

AN IRANIAN actress has been sentenced to a year in prison and 90 lashes for appearing in a film critical of the Islamic republic’s hard-line policies.

The opposition Kalameh.com website said yesterday Marzieh Vafamehr’s lawyer has appealed.

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Ms Vafamehr appeared in the film My Tehran for Sale, shot in the Iranian capital, Tehran but banned in Iran. It tells the story of a young actress whose stage work is banned by authorities.

The piece was produced by an Australian-based company and directed by Iranian-Australian Granaz Moussavi.