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Source: Associated Press
US porn actor who advocates for Palestinians visits Iran on trip unacknowledged by Tehran
BY JON GAMBRELL
Updated 8:28 AM EST, February 5, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) An American porn actor who has advocated for Palestinians online during Israels war on Hamas traveled to Iran and visited the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran, which was abandoned after the 1979 hostage crisis.
The visit by Whitney Wright as Iran imprisons Nobel Peace Prize laureate and womens rights activist Narges Mohammadi sparked heated criticism of the countrys crackdown on women since the 2022 death in police custody of Mahsa Amini and the nationwide protests it sparked.
Wright filmed herself throughout Tehran despite her work in pornography exposing her in theory to criminal charges that carry the death penalty.
Wright did not respond to requests for comment from The Associated Press. But in remarks on social media, she described the U.S. Embassy as a place she HAD to visit. Irans paramilitary Revolutionary Guard now runs it as a museum.
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