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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    5 days ago

    Well, the D in their name for one. How do you create a democracy in a dictatorships without a “coup”, as you put it? Bro. I was taught from a young age that the Soviet occupation was to secure access to the Middle East oil fields. That’s true for them and not our occupation?

    They call it the graveyard of empires for a reason. It’s never not been strategic.

    You don’t make much sense with this top down backwards justification.