"Wave-riding" and hypocrisy charges over her protest activism
Alidoosti's move from state-sanctioned star to open dissident, culminating in removing her hijab in November 2022 and her December 2022 arrest, drew attacks from two sides. State media and hardliners called her a hypocrite who built a career on state-backed cinema and later "rode the wave"; some opposition voices called her a late convert. After the BBC Persian documentary "Taraneh" in December 20
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- Suspended sentence after police complaint over her tweets - Variety and BBC Persian reported that, following a complaint by the police, a Tehran court gave Alidoosti a five-month prison sentence suspended for two years over tweets, including one sharing a video of morality police mistreating a woman over her headscarf. 'The Salesman' Star Taraneh Alidoosti Gets Suspended Sentence in Iran
- Kayhan: how is a state-awarded star a dissident? - Reporting Kayhan's attack on her Cannes remarks, Etemad Online and Nameh News said the paper asked how, if Iran were as repressive as she described, she had acted in more than 20 films and collected awards at state festivals, and mocked her role in the #MeToo statement. واکنش کیهان به اظهارات ترانه علیدوستی و زهرا امیرابراهیمی در جشنواره «کن»
- Posts photo without hijab holding "Woman, Life, Freedom" - The Guardian and BBC News reported that Alidoosti posted an Instagram photo without the mandatory headscarf, holding a sign with the Kurdish slogan "Woman, Life, Freedom", and said she would stay in Iran and support families of those killed or detained. Taraneh Alidoosti: Top Iranian actress poses without headscarf
- Arrested after criticizing executions - The Guardian reported that Alidoosti was detained days after criticizing the state's use of the death penalty against protesters, with the Tehran prosecutor's office alleging she had failed to provide documentation for her "provocative" remarks. Iranian actor Taraneh Alidoosti arrested after criticism of death penalty
- Released on bail - Reuters and the Guardian reported that Alidoosti was released from Evin prison after her family posted bail. Iranian actor Taraneh Alidoosti released from jail after family post bail
- Raefipour's unverified institute claim - Ensaf News reported that Ali-Akbar Raefipour posted two images on X and wrote that Alidoosti had until recently chaired the board of the "Rash" institute, founded to realize the Supreme Leader's directives in culture and art, and mocked her illness and her "tireless fighter" role in the documentary. RepIndex could not confirm this in public registry records; the claim rests on his post. رائفیپور: ترانه علیدوستی رئیس موسسهای برای عینیت بخشیدن به منویات فرهنگی رهبری بود