Parastoo Ahmadi was convicted of "offending public decency" after singing while wearing a sleeveless dress during a livestreamed concert.

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”.

      • LocalAreaMan@lemmy.world
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        9 minutes ago

        It was under the Soviets, not so much under the U.S. backed Mujahedeen/Taliban.

        You manufactured the world you condemn.

      • kossa@feddit.org
        4·
        3 days ago

        Kind of, yes 😅. Only it was in the Seventies, when the US showed up and supported the radical Islamists.

        the General Secretary of the PDPA, introduced several contentious reforms during their time in office, such as land and marriage reforms and an enforced policy of de-Islamization vis-à-vis the promotion of socialism. Amin, in particular, built upon Khan’s reforms with even more radical legislation for Afghanistan’s conservative Muslim society, such as universal education and equal rights for women.

        As the Soviet and Afghan militaries fought against the Afghan mujahideen, which had been bolstered by military aid from the Muslim world and the Western Bloc, the country rapidly destabilized, resulting in widespread civilian casualties and the creation of millions of refugees, most of whom fled to Pakistan and Iran