Signing statement against sexual violence: Iranian actress Nazanin Bahrami arrested

 Iranian actress Nazanin Bahrami has been arrested in Tehran by Iran's secret police after signing a joint statement against sexual violence.

According to the British newspaper The Independent on Wednesday, the family of Nazanin Bahrami claimed that Nazanin was arrested by the secret police after a joint statement signed by 800 women.

According to the report, the joint statement condemned Irani's sexual violence in the film industry.

According to Bahrami's family, he was arrested while returning home from work and it is not known if he is being held at that time.

No statement has come out from the authorities in this regard.

Masih Ali Nijad, an Iranian-American journalist and activist working for women's rights, told the Independent that it is a one-sided spectacle. are victims of sexual abuse and harassment by people associated with

Nazanin Bahrami's arrest comes after authorities in Iran are under pressure to make the hijab mandatory. Women who don't wear hijab are called 'unveiled'.

According to reports, transport staff, government officials and banks have been instructed by the police not to provide services to 'bare-hijab' women.

According to Ali Nijad, these women are often silenced by threats.

Women like Rehana Jabri were even hanged. According to him, Rihanna was raped by a government official.

When he resisted the rap, he was hanged. In Iran, laws are used to punish those who demand justice against sexual violence.

In 2014, Jabri was hanged for killing an intelligence officer. Jabri said that the intelligence officer was trying to sexually assault him.