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”.
Then what? A law which says to stop military action against Iran that the Supreme Court strikes down? Cutting budget to ICE that the Senate filibusters?
I’m not saying that it won’t be better, but the rot runs deep and can’t be removed by a single election.