Sacred Games Actor Elnaaz Norouzi Strips In Protest Against Iran's Morality Police

Iranian-born actor Elnaaz Norouzi, best known for her part in the Netflix series Sacred Games, has joined the widespread protest of Iranian women against the nation's morality police. She stated that women have the freedom to wear whatever they like.

In a video uploaded to her Instagram account, Norouzi joined the protest by removing many layers of clothing to emphasise that she can wear anything she wants and that no one can stop her. Norouzi wrote in the Instagram post. "Every woman, anywhere in the world, regardless of where she is from, should have the right to wear whatever she desires and when or wherever she desires to wear it. No man nor any other woman has the right to judge her or ask her to dress otherwise."

She wrote, "Everyone has unique views and convictions, and those must be respected. Democracy is the ability to make decisions. Every woman should be able to make decisions about her own body. I'm promoting freedom of choice, not nudity."

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For more than ten years prior to beginning her acting career, Norouzi worked as an international model for brands like Dior, Lacoste, and Le Coq Sportif for more than ten years. She had training in conventional Persian dancing. In India, she has been learning Kathak dance.

For more than ten years, Iranian women who have gone outside, even for a simple purpose, have done so in fear of getting into trouble with the infamous morality police. Those who are discovered to be in violation of the Islamic Republic's clothing code risk being dragged into one of the vice units' green-and-white vans for a lecture on proper head coverings or a brutal beating.

Mahsa Amini, 22, was apprehended by Tehran's morality police on September 16 and pronounced dead three days later. A wave of protests against her death, which activists allege was caused by a blow to the head and authorities attribute to a pre-existing medical condition, has seen women set fire to their hijab headscarves.