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”.

  • musicalphysics@discuss.online
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    10 days ago

    Christianity has not moved on. Check out regressive places like the US. Religion is actively used to control women and to spread hatred and cruelty.