2023-08-28 22:13:05
TEHERAN. A well-known pop musician in Iran was arrested after singing a song critical of the obligation to wear a hijab. Tasnim news agencyToday on Twitter (X) wrote that singer Mehdi Jarrahi was detained in connection with an “illegal song”. A lawsuit has been filed against the well-known musician, who has more than one million followers on Instagram, justice portal Misan reported.
Singer new song „Roosarito „yu (“Your headscarf”) He posted it on YouTube on Friday. In the song, Jarrahi says, among other things: “Take off your headscarf, let your hair loose (…).”
The 41-year-old singer’s song is unusually critical. “Dedicated to the noble women of my homeland,” the singer says, referring to the recent protest movement led by women in Iran.
Died a few weeks later in police custody after being arrested by Iran’s notorious moral watchdogs in the fall of 2022 Iranian protest icon Jina Mahsa Amini It will be the first anniversary of his death. His death sparked the most violent protests in decades.
Since then, Iran has changed irreversibly.
Many women in metropolises now ostentatiously ignore the obligation to wear a headscarf, often as a silent sign of protest.
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