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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    4 days ago

    So doing evil things because iNvIsIbLe MaN iN tHe SkY is abhorrent and reprehensible, but doing it just because they want to gets a pass?

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      What…? The problem is that random people are easier to manipulate in religion. Getting random people to do horrible shit is harder without that.