Parastoo Ahmadi’s live performance was in contravention of Iran’s strict morality legal guidelines for girls.
ADVERTISEMENTIranian singer Parastoo Ahmadi was arrested on Saturday after performing a YouTube live performance with out carrying the compulsory hijab.
“As of midday at this time, we didn’t know in regards to the scenario of my shopper, Parastoo Ahmadi,” mentioned lawyer Milad Panahipour, “Unfortunately we discovered that she was arrested at this time in Mazandaran province.”
Local media report two of Ahmadi’s musicians – Ehsan Birghidar and Sohail Faqih Nasiri – have been additionally arrested.
The information comes after Ahmadi carried out a live performance on Wednesday in defiance of Iran’s strict morality legal guidelines for girls. Alongside the necessary hijab regulation, girls aren’t free to sing publicly in Iran.
In the introduction to her efficiency, Ahmadi mentioned: “I wish to sing for the folks I really like. This is a proper that I couldn’t ignore; singing for the land that I really like dearly.”
Ahmadi carried out with out an viewers however broadcast the live performance reside on her YouTube channel. Despite being filtered by Iran’s restricted entry to YouTube, it was considered 74,000 occasions within the 12 hours after the efficiency.
Following the live performance’s widespread sharing on-line, her residence was raided by safety brokers and he or she was summoned to the Tehran Security Prosecutor’s Office for questioning.
Iranian authorities introduced {that a} trial can be opened in opposition to Ahmadi instantly after the live performance was broadcast.
Women proceed to protest in opposition to the restrictive gendered morality legal guidelines within the nation for the reason that ‘Women, Life, Freedom’ emerged within the wake of the loss of life of Mahsa Amini in 2022.
