Top Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti posted a photo on Instagram of herself without the mandatory hijab in support of the ongoing anti-government protests that began in Iran nearly two months ago.   

  In the photo, Alidoosti holds a sign that reads “Women, Life, Freedom” in Kurdish, a popular slogan that has been used in the largely female-led protests.   

  “Your latest absence, the migration of songbirds, is not the end of this rebellion,” Alidusti wrote in her Instagram post.   

  The actor, who starred in the Oscar-winning film “The Salesman,” has previously shared a series of social media posts critical of the regime and has been a public supporter of the protests.  She is also known as a defender of women’s rights in Iran.   

  Earlier this week, Alidoosti vowed in another Instagram post to stay in her home country, saying “I’m the one who’s going to stay and I don’t plan on leaving at all.”   

  “I will stand with the families of the imprisoned and murdered and demand their rights,” Alidoosti says in this Instagram post.   

  “I will fight for my home.  I will pay any price for my right,” he adds.   

  Alidoosti is one of several Iranian actresses who have removed their mandatory hijab to protest the clerical establishment.   

  On Wednesday, Iranian actresses Donya Madani and Khazar Massoumi also posted photos of themselves on Instagram without headscarves.   

  The Islamic Republic is facing one of its biggest and unprecedented shows of dissent since the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman who was arrested by the morality police, allegedly for not wearing her hijab properly.   

  Since her death on September 16, protesters across Iran have rallied around a series of grievances with the regime.  Meanwhile, Iranian authorities are stepping up efforts to end the insurgency.   

  About 1,000 people have been charged in Tehran province for allegedly taking part in the protests, state news agency IRNA reported.   

  A total of 14,000 people have been arrested across the country, including journalists, activists, lawyers and teachers.  Among them is dissident Iranian rap artist Toomaj Salehi, who faces charges of crimes punishable by death, according to Iran’s state media.   

  The “unrelenting violent response of the security forces” led to the reported deaths of at least 277 people, Javaid Rehman, the special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, said in a speech to the UN Security Council on Wednesday.  number supported by reports from human rights organizations.