Actress spared lashing for appearance in film

An Iranian appeals court has overturned a lashing sentence against an actress who appeared in a film critical of the Islamic republic’s hard-line policies, Amnesty International said.

Amnesty’s website said Marzieh Vafamehr was released from prison earlier this week after her sentence of one year in jail and 90 lashes was overturned on appeal. There was no report on the case in Iranian media.