Angelina Jolie ‘lookalike’, 22, arrested over ‘blasphemous’ social media posts

An Angelina Jolie ‘lookalike’ has been arrested for ‘blasphemous’ social media posts.

Sahar Tabar was catapulted into the limelight two years ago when her distinctive and often odd Instagram posts gained viral traction.

Many thought the 22-year-old looked like the Hollywood movie star – albeit with a slightly Gothic twist.

Now the Iranian woman has been arrested and accused of blasphemy, instigating violence, illegally acquiring property, insulting the country’s dress code and encouraging young people to commit corruption, Tasnim news reported.

It is not clear what the content of the post were or when she was arrested, but her Instagram account has since been deleted.

Tabar’s  previously said that while she has had some plastic surgeries, including rhinoplasty, liposuction and cosmetic procedures to give her fuller lips, her spooky looks were mostly down to make-up prosthetics and Photoshop.

She said: “It is Photoshop and makeup. Every time I publish a photo I make my face more fun. It is my way of self-expression, a kind of art.

“My followers know that this is not my real face.

“I had no interest at all to be like  Angelina Jolie  , and I did not want to look like the character from ‘Corpse Bride’.

“I understand that I do have some similarities with them, but I am my own muse and I did not want to look like anyone.

“That was not my aim.”

She is not the first Iranian influencer to fall foul of the country’s strict laws.

Three years ago 12 people were sent to prison having been targeted by the government’s effort to hunt down anti-Islamic posts made online.