LOS ANGELES - An Iranian soap actress is being prosecuted on morality charges for appearing in a sex video she made with her boyfriend.
Iranian authorities arrested Zahra Amir Ebrahimi after the tape was posted on the Internet by her boyfriend, then released on a DVD, angering millions of Iranians, London’s Daily Mail reported.
The boyfriend, who was not named in the criminal case, is suspected of distributing the video illegally. He reportedly fled to Dubai.
The 25-year-old Ebrahimi had a leading role on a popular soap opera, but has been dropped from the show after she was arrested. She had played a morally upstanding woman on the program.
Iranian law forbids premarital sex and if Ebrahimi is convicted she faces a public lashing and a jail term.
Recently, television presenter was fired after a video surfaced showing him dancing at a wedding with a bride that he was not related to.
