Angelina Jolie lookalike jailed for 10 years for 'corrupting youth'

Angeline Jolie's' lookalike', Instagram star Sahar Tabar, had made headlines earlier for her resemblance to the Hollywood star. In recent news, however, Tabar has been jailed for 10 years, after she was arrested over her social media activities, reported The Guardian. 

According to the report, 19-year-old Tabar, whose real name is Fatemeh Khishvand, was charged with corruption of young people and disrespect for the Islamic Republic. She used to post heavily distorted pictures of herself, using makeup and editing. She came to prominence for pictures in which she resembled characters played by Jolie.

Calling on the actor to campaign for her, she had said, “The Islamic Republic has a history of tormenting women. We need to be united against this gender apartheid.” Jolie is a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador.

The charges against Tabar first included “blasphemy, inciting violence, gaining income through inappropriate means and encouraging youths to corruption,” the publication reported. She is hoping for a pardon, with her lawyers pointing to her age at the time the offenses were said to have been committed.

The report also mentioned medical records that suggest Sahar has ‘a mental illness’ and ‘a history of visits to psychiatric hospitals’.

In a 2017 interview to Russian website Sputnik, Sahar had denied that she’d undergone plastic surgery to alter her appearance. “Every time I publish a photo, I paint my face in an increasingly funny way. It is a way of expressing yourself, a kind of art. My fans know that this is not my real face,” she told the website.

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