Iranian women in film industry slam sexual violence


Taraneh Alidoosti is among the 250 women working in Iran’s film industry who signed a statement condemning what they call ‘systematic’ sexual harassment. – EPA pic, April 3, 2022.

MORE than 250 women working in Iran’s film industry have signed a statement condemning what they call “systematic” sexual harassment and demanding a committee address the issue.

People in power in Iranian cinema are known to exploit their positions “to bully, threaten, insult, humiliate and assault women”, they charged.


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