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From the New York Post: Iranian authorities have arrested a female singer who performed a virtual concert on YouTube, a lawyer said.
Milad Panahipour, an Iranian lawyer, said Parastoo Ahmady, 27, was arrested in Sari City, capital of the northern province of Mazandaran, on Saturday.
On Thursday, the judiciary had filed a case regarding Ahmady’s concert performance, in which she performed wearing a long black sleeveless and collarless dress, but no hijab. She was accompanied by four male musicians.
Ahmady had posted her concert on YouTube the day before, saying: “I am Parastoo, a girl who wants to sing for the people I love. This is a right I could not ignore; singing for the land I love passionately.”
Two musicians in Ahmady’s band — Soheil Faghih Nasiri and Ehsan Beiraghdar — were also arrested in Tehran on Saturday, the report announces.
As of this report, the 27-minute video, in which Ahmady courageously sings with the voice of an angel, has received over 1.9 million views.
For this, she is now behind bars, thanks to the brutal Iranian regime.
WATCH BELOW:
Masih Alinejad, an Iranian journalist now living in the United States who speaks out against Iran’s crackdown on women, commented on the arrest. She wrote:
According to media reports: The Islamic Republic has arrested Parastoo Ahmadi and her bandmates for the “crime” of singing and showing her hair in public. In Iran, women are banned from singing, and even a few strands of uncovered hair are enough to justify an arrest. This cruel crackdown shows just how desperate the regime is to hold on to power.
While the people of Iran suffer from poverty, power outages, and a collapsing economy, the regime focuses its energy on silencing women and artists. Khamenei’s terrorist proxies are being dismantled across the region, yet his regime turns its brutality inward, targeting innocent people instead of addressing the country’s real crises, but Iranians are using social media to echo her voice. Only our unity can help us to get free from this regime. Please join our fight. #WomanLifeFreedom
Arrested for Singing: The Islamic Republic’s War on Women
According to media reports:
The Islamic Republic has arrested Parastoo Ahmadi and her bandmates for the “crime” of singing and showing her hair in public. In Iran, women are banned from singing, and even a few strands of… https://t.co/I25810vX4j pic.twitter.com/urQjFwMKOi— Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) December 14, 2024
In another post, Alinejad announced:
Parastoo Ahmadi was arrested and interrogated for defying the ban on women singing. In a powerful act of solidarity, these sisters Samin and Behin Bolori risked arrest themselves to release this moving song to support Parastoo.
If you want a glimpse of Iran without the Islamic regime, look no further than these images. Brave women inside the country are already building that vision: a secular Iran rooted in peace, justice, and friendship, at home, in the region, and across the world.
The regime can try to silence them, but their voices will echo louder than its oppression.
Parastoo Ahmadi was arrested and interrogated for defying the ban on women singing. In a powerful act of solidarity, these sisters Samin and Behin Bolori risked arrest themselves to release this moving song to support Parastoo.
If you want a glimpse of Iran without the Islamic… https://t.co/I25810vpeL pic.twitter.com/dDuoT3MhV1
— Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) December 15, 2024
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