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Female singer Parastu Ahmadi was arrested for uploading a video without hijab during an online concert in Iran.
A female singer has been arrested in Iran for not wearing hijab during an online concert. The name of the female singer is Parastu Ahmadi. The woman had uploaded the video of the concert on YouTube on Wednesday, December 11.
In this video, Ahmadi was singing a song wearing a sleeveless dress. A case was registered against Ahmadi in a court on Thursday after the video was uploaded. After this, Ahmadi was arrested on Saturday.
Ahmadi is 27 years old. The Times of Israel quoted an Iranian lawyer as saying that the woman was arrested by the police in Sari, the capital of Iran’s northern province of Mazandaran.
Apart from the woman, 2 of the 4 musicians standing with her in the video have been arrested.
In the year 2022, the Iranian government took action against the songs sung for women’s freedom during the hijab protests in Iran.
The woman said – singing is my right, I cannot ignore it
Female singer Parastu Ahmadi had written on social media a day before uploading the video on YouTube that-
I’m that Parastu girl who wants to sing for the people I love. I cannot ignore this right. I am singing for the land I love so much.
The woman’s video has received more than 16 lakh views on YouTube. There is no information about where the woman has been kept after her arrest. Apart from this, it is also not clear under which sections the case has been registered against him.
Apart from Parastu Ahmadi, the names of the two musicians who have been arrested are Sohail Faghih Nasiri and Ehsaan Beraghdar. Both have been arrested from the capital Tehran.
Parastu Ahmadi started practicing singing at the age of 14.
It is mandatory for women to wear hijab in Iran
Although hijab was made mandatory in Iran in 1979, on August 15, 2023, President Ebrahim Raisi signed an order and asked to strictly implement it as a dress code. Before 1979, there were no restrictions of any kind regarding women’s clothing in Iran.
Iran, under the rule of Shah Pahlavi, was a country with very free views regarding women’s clothing.
Recently, a new law regarding hijab was implemented in the country, in which women can even be given death penalty for violating the rules of hijab. Under Article 60 of the new law, convicted women can be punished with fine, whipping or rigorous imprisonment.
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