The song on Hijab... 74 lashes for the Iranian singer.
Singer Mehdi Yarrahi faces a court ruling in Iran, with 74 lashes ordered for releasing a song against the hijab. This case is part of the ongoing protests against compulsory hijab laws following the death of Mahsa Amini in 2022. The global response to the protests highlights the tension between personal freedoms and state-imposed laws in Iran.
Tehran: Once again, the issue of women wearing the hijab is causing an uproar in Iran. In 2023, singer Mehdi Yarrahi released a song called "Roosarito (Your Headscarf in Persian)" against the hijab. The police arrested Yarrahi at that time for singing a song against Islamic law. After being found guilty, he was released last year. Recently, a revolutionary court passed a verdict on the case and ordered 74 lashes for him.
Yarrahi released this song in support of the protests against the hijab that had erupted across Iran in 2022. In response to his punishment, Yarrahi posted on social media that he was ready to pay the price for freedom. Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, women in Iran have been required to wear the hijab in public.
However, many women opposed this law. The country's morality police are responsible for enforcing it. In 2022, a young woman named Mahsa Amini was arrested by the police for not wearing the hijab properly, and she died in their custody. This sparked widespread protests in Iran. Following her death, thousands of women took to the streets to demonstrate. The international community expressed support for the protesters, while Tehran's heavy-handed response was strongly condemned.
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