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”.
Go to any right wing part of the Internet, and they will insist that Liberals and Leftists support this.
From the comments here, I have no clue where they get the idea. I just don’t want my own freedom of religion thrown in the trash because Republicans hate Muslims so much.