Instagram users worry Iran | Middle East

Fatima Khishwand grew up in Iran, dreaming of becoming famous and posting selfies on Instagram in hopes of gaining attention.
It’s quite traditional, but young Khishvand’s selfies were completely different! Its appearance has drastically changed; His face looked haggard, disfigured, and enhanced with makeup. The photos were published under the pseudonym “Sahar Tabar”. According to the “British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)”, it is absolutely amazing. So much so, that it attracted international media attention when it debuted in 2017.
In some cases, Khishwand bore an uncanny resemblance to the American actress “Angelina Jolie,” leading to false rumors that the girl had undergone 50 plastic surgeries to look like a Hollywood star, but, as she later explained , was the character from “Corps Brit”; From Tim Burton’s great musical imagination, his true inspiration.
The new character quickly attracted around 500,000 followers on “Instagram”, earning him the fame he had always wanted.
But that fame had a price. It’s a short, cross gray line, for example, in Iran, posting on social media can be dangerous. The country’s authorities impose strict laws on what can and cannot be published. To them, Khishvand’s photos were viewed as crimes rather than a clever trick by a teenage girl in Photoshop.
So; In October 2019, Khishvand was arrested on a variety of charges, including blasphemy, incitement to violence, insulting Islamic dress, and fomenting corruption among youth. His Instagram account was deleted and he remained in prison for more than a year, without the right to bail. . Ultimately, a “revolutionary” court, known for its secret and politically motivated rulings against dissidents, sentenced to 10 years in prison in December last year, and the severity of the punishment was met with shock and condemnation.
The Khishvand case is a new extremism in Iran’s brutal treatment of social media users, and accurate data on internet crime in Iran is difficult to obtain. However, according to an investigation by a US-based Iranian human rights group, at least 332 people have been arrested for their online activities since December 20, 2016. The group said 109 of them were arrested due to to Instagram activities.