The arrest comes amid the passage of a new, stricter hijab law, which Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian criticized earlier this month.
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Iran ‘bows to pressure’ to release singer who defied regime by performing solo without a hijab
Akhtar Makoii
Sun, December 15, 2024 at 9:58 PM GMT+9
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The Iranian regime released a young female singer who was arrested for a risque performance without the mandatory hijab.
Parastoo Ahmadi, 27, was arrested on Saturday in the northern city of Sari, after live-streaming a ‘virtual concert’ wearing a dress that also exposed her shoulders.
Her lawyer said Tehran had bowed to calls for her release, in a sign of the regime’s growing nervousness over protests.
Milad Panahipour said his client’s arrest was carried without prior notification or judicial summons. He added that she was released at 3am local time on Sunday following widespread outrage over the news.
The incident follows similar high-profile protests that have triggered a backlash in recent weeks, including a university student
protesting in just her underwear at strict islamic dress codes.
It also comes as Iran has been significantly weakened by Israel’s attacks on its proxies and the fall of the Assad regime in Syria.
Ms Ahmadi performed without an audience in the courtyard of a caravanserai, broadcasting the concert live on her YouTube channel, despite the platform being banned in Iran.
Ms Ahmadi said singing for the people she loves is a right she cannot ignore, making her the first and only female Iranian singer to
perform publicly without a hijab since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
‘For my dear people’
Women are not allowed to sing solo in public under the
clerical regime’s laws in Iran.
On her Instagram page, she described the concert as being “for my dear people, carried out under difficult conditions and high tension,” calling it “imaginary”.
She wrote, “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 passionately love. Here, in this part of our dear Iran, where history and our legends intertwine, listen to my voice in this imaginary concert.”
The Iranian regime released a young female singer who was arrested for a risque performance without the mandatory hijab.
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