Parastoo Ahmadi sang while wearing a sleeveless dress during a concert livestreamed on her YouTube channel in December 2024. Iran’s laws ban public performances by women and require them to wear headscarves and modest clothing.

Iran’s judiciary launched proceedings against the 29-year-old after the video went viral, gaining millions of views, saying the performance was “in violation of the country’s legal and cultural regulations”.

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      8 days ago

      You want to remove religion? Won’t you be just another oppressive asshole then? What’s the difference between a regime that forces their religion onto people and a regime that forbids people from following their religion? Both are extremely authoritarian, you’re just pretending it’s for a more noble cause, while a religious person would say they’re doing it for the more noble cause. You’re no different.

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        Why would anyone not let Nazis do whatever they want? Don’t want to be a Nazi, do we?

        The paradox of tolerance strikes again.

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          6 days ago

          Tell me you don’t know what the tolerance paradox is without telling me you don’t know what the tolerance paradox is.