Iran Charges Female Director, Actor for Defying Hijab Mandate

Iranian authorities have filed court charges against two women, a filmmaker and an actor, for not wearing the mandatory headscarf. 

Mizan news agency, which is affiliated with the Islamic Republic's judiciary, reported that the Tehran prosecutor filed charges against a female director and an actor for appearing in public without observing the mandatory hijab.

While the agency did not name the individuals involved, it reported that "a female director and her daughter attended a film review meeting without wearing the hijab." 

As a result, a judicial case has been opened against them in Tehran's General and Revolutionary Court.

It appears that the agency was referring to actor Baran Kosari and her mother, director Rakhshan Banietemad, who attended the review ceremony for the film "Someone is Always Lost" without the mandatory hijab. 

Baran Kosari, one of the film's actors, was photographed at the event without her hijab alongside her mother. 

These images, later shared on the Cinema Honar Instagram page, got attention from users.