An appeals court in Iran has confirmed a sentence of 74 lashes handed to prominent singer Parastoo Ahmadi after she performed without the mandatory hijab, according to her lawyers. Ahmadi, 29, performed in a sleeveless dress during a concert livestreamed on her YouTube channel in December 2024. The performance went vir…

…social and religious restrictions on public performances. In a separate case, singer Parastoo Ahmadi and seven other people involved in a concert were reportedly sentenced to 74 lashes, a two-year ban on audiovisual and musical activities and a two-year travel ban. An appeals court in Qom reportedly upheld the ruling,…

An Iranian court sentenced a prominent singer named Parastoo Ahmadi and a group of seven fellow artists to 74 lashes each after they livestreamed a performance on YouTube, according to her videographer and local media. The concert featured Ahmadi singing powerful, mournful songs to an empty audience, on a dimly-lit sta…