La chanteuse iranienne Parastoo Ahmadi a été condamnée à 74 coups de fouet pour avoir chanté sans voile lors d'un concert en ligne. Huit membres de son équipe ont reçu la même peine. L'artiste est également interdite de territoire et d'exercer ses activités artistiques pendant deux ans.
Singer Parastoo Ahmadi sentenced to 74 lashes for performing without a hijab in a 2024 YouTube concert. Eight others, including her production team, also received sentences and a two-year ban from artistic activities and leaving Iran. Charges include offending public decency and publishing vulgar content.
Iranian singer Parastoo Ahmadi has been sentenced to 74 lashes, a two-year travel ban, and a two-year ban on artistic activities for performing without a hijab in a viral online concert. Eight production team members also convicted. The charges include offending public decency with "vulgar and immoral content."
US-Iran talks in Switzerland to implement a peace deal were cancelled as Hezbollah targeted Israeli forces and Israel conducted airstrikes in south Lebanon. The cancellation occurred amidst the most violent exchanges between Israel and Hezbollah since the last ceasefire.
A rare mass street protest erupted in Herat, Afghanistan, against the Taliban's crackdown on women's dress code. Security forces reportedly killed at least two people, including a child, and detained several others during the demonstration. The Taliban denied the arrests.
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