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Eugene

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Mon Feb 5, 2024, 10:46 AM Feb 2024

US porn actor who advocates for Palestinians visits Iran on trip unacknowledged by Tehran

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 Israel’s 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 women’s rights activist Narges Mohammadi sparked heated criticism of the country’s 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.” Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard now runs it as a museum.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-porn-actor-whitney-wright-israel-hamas-war-1977f95c09b808602e6d137da35462a7

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US porn actor who advocates for Palestinians visits Iran on trip unacknowledged by Tehran (Original Post) Eugene Feb 2024 OP
Some people just never get the attention they crave. Sounds like a good way to go to prison. flying_wahini Feb 2024 #1
Desperate for Attention for 100 Alex? Brainfodder Feb 2024 #2
Talk about living dangerously. .nt bucolic_frolic Feb 2024 #3

Brainfodder

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2. Desperate for Attention for 100 Alex?
Mon Feb 5, 2024, 10:51 AM
Feb 2024

Off the wall way to raise your profile while risking your neck, literally?

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