Who is Elnaaz Norouzi? 'Sacred Games' actor strips from burqa to bikini in support of anti-Hijab protests
Actor Elnaaz Norouzi, who was seen in ‘Sacred Games’, stripped in front of the camera to register her protest against the killing of Mahsa Amini who died in the custody of Iran’s so-called ‘morality police’.
FollowThe Iranian actor, Elnaaz Norouzi, popularly known for her role in Netflix’s series ‘Sacred Games’, has extended her support to all those women protesting against the ‘morality police’ of Iran. She stripped in front of the camera, as a way of her joining and supporting the protests, to assert the right of women to wear anything they wish.
Taking to Instagram, Elnaaz Norouzi shared a video in which she is seen stripping from a burqa to a bikini. She removes several layers of clothes, one after the other, as a way to make a point about how no one can stop her from wearing what she wants.
In the post that she shared on, Elnaaz Norouzi is seen wearing multiple layers of clothing. As she removes each layer, she stresses on how what to wear is a woman’s choice, asserting that “it’s ok”. She first takes off the burqa, followed by a long kurta. Elnaaz then takes off a long denim shirt and is seen in a crop them and skirt. Eventually, she takes that off too, to be seen in a bikini, only to tell women that it is ok as to what they wish to wear.
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Elnaaz Norouzi then wrote a long post in the caption which read as: "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."
"Everyone has different views and beliefs and they have to be respected. Democracy means the power to decide...Every Woman should have the power to decide over her own body. I am not promoting nudity, I am promoting freedom of choice," Elnaaz Norouzi further wrote in the post.
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Before becoming an actor, Elnaaz Norouzi worked in the fashion world as a model for over 10 years. She has modelled for brands such as Dior, Lacoste and Le Coq Sportive, among many others. After she arrived in India, Elnaaz Norouzi took professional training in Persian traditional dance and has also been learning Kathak.
Meanwhile, the protests broke after the death of young Iranian woman Mahsma Amini, who died in the killing of Iran’s so-called ‘morality police’. Several women came out in protest after the 22-year-old’s death and burnt their hijabs.
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