Singer lashed 74 times for song about Iran's strict dress code for women
A popular singer has been given a severe flogging over the lyrics in one of his song. Mehdi Yarrahi’s sang ‘take off your ...
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Iranian singer whipped 74 times for song calling for removal of women’s headscarves
Mehdi Yarrahi, defiant after punishment, says he is willing to 'pay for price of freedom'; flogging draws uproar from ...
Actual Hope from Iran on International Women's Day
The 2022 protests hark to March 8, 1979, when Iranian women cowed clerics, writes Nobel winner Narges Mohammadi.
Iran using digital surveillance & vigilantism to crush dissent: UN report
The UN's Independent International Fact-Finding Mission released a report on Friday, stating that Iran is making "concerted ...
Iran weaponises tech to crush dissent, UN probe reveals
A UN investigation reveals Iran's use of digital and surveillance technology, as well as state-sponsored vigilantism, to ...
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Iranian singer flogged 74 times for hijab removal song
Mehdi Yarrahi, a famous Iranian protest singer, was given 74 lashes in a deal to end a criminal case against him. The case ...
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Women will overthrow Iran's Islamic republic: Nobel laureate
An Iranian-Kurdish woman, Amini, 22, had been arrested for allegedly violating the Islamic republic's strict dress rules for women. The protests shook Iranian authorities and remain a rallying ...
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Singer lashed 74 times for song about Iran’s strict dress code for women
Iran’s dress code is so strict that a mental health clinic in the capital Tehran was opened to ‘treat’ women who refuse to wear the hijab. Yarrahi was jailed for more than a year and was ...
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Women will overthrow Iran's Islamic republic: Nobel laureate
An Iranian-Kurdish woman, Amini, 22, had been arrested for allegedly violating the Islamic republic's strict dress rules for women. The protests shook Iranian authorities and remain a rallying cause ...