{"id":137380,"date":"2024-12-15T17:14:48","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T10:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137380"},"modified":"2024-12-15T17:14:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T10:14:48","slug":"iranian-singer-arrested-after-performing-concert-without-hijab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137380","title":{"rendered":"Iranian singer arrested after performing concert without hijab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"adb-c-article-mention-original-translation\">This article was originally published in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/parsi.euronews.com\/culture\/2024\/12\/14\/female-singer-and-concert-musicians-arrested-in-iran\">Farsi<\/a><\/div>\n<p>\n        Iranian singer Parastoo Ahmadi was arrested on Saturday after performing a YouTube concert without wearing a hijab, her lawyer told local media.\n    <\/p>\n<div style=\"--widget_related_list_trans: 'Related';\">\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad-halfpage u-show-for-small-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-grey-6-180x22.svg\" width=\"180\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;As of noon today, we did not know about the situation of my client, Parastoo Ahmadi,&#8221; her lawyer Milad Panahipour said. &#8220;Unfortunately we learned that she was arrested today in Mazandaran province.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Local media also reported that two of Ahmadi&#8217;s musicians &#8211; Ehsan Birghidar and Sohail Faqih Nasiri &#8211; were arrested.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad-sticky-floor c-advertising-sticky-floor sales-advertising-sticky-floor u-hide-for-medium\"><button class=\"c-ad__btn-close\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"this.parentElement.classList.add('u-hide-for-all')\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/icons\/icon-cross-10x10-grey-6.svg\" width=\"10\" height=\"10\" alt=\"Close advertising\" fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/button><\/div>\n<p>The news comes after Ahmadi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2024\/12\/12\/iranian-singer-parastoo-ahmadi-facing-action-after-live-streamed-concert-without-hijab\"><strong>performed the concert<\/strong><\/a> on Wednesday in defiance of Iran&#8217;s strict morality laws for women. Alongside the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2023\/07\/18\/explained-why-is-the-hijab-significant-in-iranian-society\"><strong>mandatory hijab<\/strong><\/a> law, women are also not free to sing publicly in Iran.<\/p>\n<p>In the introduction to her performance, Ahmadi said: &#8220;I want to sing for the people I love. This is a right that I could not ignore; singing for the land that I love dearly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ahmadi performed without an audience but broadcast the concert live on her YouTube channel. Despite being filtered by Iran&#8217;s restricted access to YouTube, it was viewed 74,000 times in the 12 hours after the performance.<\/p>\n<p>Following the concert&#8217;s widespread sharing online, her home was raided by security agents and she was summoned to the Tehran Security Prosecutor&#8217;s Office for questioning.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian authorities announced that Ahmadi would be tried immediately after the concert was broadcast.<\/p>\n<p>Women continue to protest against the restrictive gendered morality laws in the country since the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/01\/11\/words-have-power-what-are-the-origins-of-woman-life-freedom-iran-protest-chants\"><strong>&#8216;Women, Life, Freedom&#8217;<\/strong><\/a> emerged in the wake of the death of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2024\/09\/16\/cake-figs-how-the-spirit-of-mahsa-amini-lives-on-in-two-iranian-films-challenging-state-de\"><strong>Mahsa Amini<\/strong><\/a> in 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2024\/12\/14\/iranian-singer-parastoo-ahmadi-arrested-after-performing-concert-without-hijab\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published in\u00a0Farsi Iranian singer Parastoo Ahmadi was arrested on Saturday after performing a YouTube concert without wearing a hijab, her lawyer told local media. 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