US Porn Actress Hits Back at Criticism over Iran Trip

February 6, 2024

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Whitney Wright, an American adult film actress and advocate for Palestinians, took to Instagram to angrily reply to those who criticized her recent trip to Iran

Whitney Wright recently garnered attention after sharing photos from her trip to Iran, with Iranian social media users engaging in discussions about the dual standards applied by the country’s clerical establishment

The 32-year-old actress deleted the pictures in the wake of widespread reactions by Iranians

In one picture, she poses next to a flagpole with a torn US flag on the ground, dressed in a long headscarf, trouser suit and long coat well in line with the Islamic Republic’s dress code for women

Whitney Wright, an American adult film actress and advocate for Palestinians, took to Instagram to angrily reply to those who criticized her recent trip to Iran.

"Incredible how the same people who pay lip service to Zan Zendegi Azadi [Woman, Life, Freedom] and a woman's right to bodily autonomy are in the replies making really cool jokes about a woman exercising bodily autonomy," she wrote on her Instagram page on February 6.

"Also why would you as a person who cares so much about women's safety/ autonomy re-share posts about me possibly being in Iran and further jeopardize my safety before you guys knew I was out of Iran? Or does it only matter when it's women you respect/ whose political opinions you agree with?" she added.

Wright recently garnered attention after sharing photos from her trip to Iran, with Iranian social media users engaging in discussions about the dual standards applied by the country’s clerical establishment.

A trip by American Porn Star Whitney Wright to #Iran has caused uproar after she shared photos of propaganda posters and blamed US sanctions for endangering Iranian lives and livelihoods.

Read more: https://t.co/O2vqx8uUTV #truth pic.twitter.com/4KnGIPhPKN
— IranWire (@IranWireEnglish) February 5, 2024

In one picture, she poses next to a flagpole with a torn US flag on the ground, dressed in a long headscarf, trouser suit and long coat well in line with the Islamic Republic’s dress code for women.

A caption accompanying the images read: "If you follow the law, Iran is a safe country."

The 32-year-old actress deleted the pictures in the wake of widespread reactions by Iranians.

Saeed Peyvandi, a sociologist and professor at the University of Lorraine in France, told IranWire that Whitney Wright's visit was part of an attempt to improve the government's image globally.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani denied any knowledge of Whitney Wright's trip but noted that despite the political tensions "it is not forbidden" for Americans to visit Iran.

The Tasnim news agency quoted a source as saying the actress was not invited by any organization in Iran and that the visa system "was not aware of the nature of her immoral and obscene occupation."