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".

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[–] 62 points 4 days ago (3 children)

And once again religion proves how full of shit it is.

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  • [–] 29 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    religion is just the excuse. It's conservative men who are full of shit.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 days ago

    Can you define conservative? What are they trying to conserve? The old ways, traditions, right? What even is religion if not tradition? They are the same.

    It makes no sense to try to absolve religion of any responsibility for this kind of shitty behaviour, just because there are some young people who are still in its thrall.

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  • [–] 51 points 4 days ago (32 children)

    An appeals court in Iran has confirmed a sentence of 74 lashes handed to a prominent singer who performed without the mandatory hijab,

    Absolutely immoral demented and savage. Only religion can make otherwise "normal" people behave like outright sociopaths.

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  • [–] 28 points 4 days ago* (5 children)

    Religion didn't make this happen, sick conservative fucks use religion as a scapegoat to be sick fucks. Pay attention most of these twats don't actually follow their religious teachings, just cherry pick what they want to oppress people. Same shit we deal with in the USA with the bible thumpers.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    sick conservative fucks use religion

    Aaand there you are, religion most definitely plays a role to justify that shit.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    Right, my problem is u said only religion can make regular people behave this way. My argument is that these are far from regular people, these are phychopaths that use religion as justification. No "regular" person comes to the conclusion somebody needs to be lashed because they didn't wear a hijab.

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    [–] 164 points 5 days ago (21 children)

    The worst part about Trump being the fucking man-child that he is is that the regime hardliners have now an even firmer grip on power, as he once again proved that there is no way of appeasing the US outside of complete capitulation.

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  • [–] 138 points 5 days ago (10 children)

    Most analysts determined that Iran was in a political death spiral and that the worst thing the west could do was interfere. If the west stayed out of it, all signs pointed to a significantly more moderate regime change. Trump took office, Israel baited him, and Trump bit, like the moron he is.

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  • [–] 78 points 5 days ago* (4 children)

    Almost like a secular Iran isn't in Israel's geopol interest.

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  • [–] 42 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    Conservatives need a Boogeyman

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  • [–] 20 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

    Also a "democratic Iran" means unsanctioned Iran. The last time sanctions were partially lifted, Iran's economy grew by 7% per year. Such economic growth means production growth. Production growth means arms prod growth. And that's arms that can "fall into the wrong hands" and could be used against Israel after one "wrong election." If I wanted to dominate the region militarily, I would do anything in my power to keep Iran under strict sanctions.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 days ago

    Funny thing, I've recently-ish listened to a podcast from late 2024, before Trump took office. The guest predicted that Trump would attack Iran because Republicans cover their shitty policies with warmongering, and Iran was the weakest of available targets.

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    [–] 17 points 3 days ago

    She's lucky to be alive.

    This is life under Islamic rule. There are no PRIDE parades in Iran. You better keep your head down and your mouth shut, or they will murder you.

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  • [–] 68 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    Ain't theocracy horrible? Members of the Trump administration desire Christian Nationalism for the US, and were it come to pass, we'd see similar things, like systematic discrimination against LGBT people.

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  • [–] 13 points 4 days ago*

    USA is already seeing the moral decline from religious influences. With extreme discrimination of minorities, and taking away the right to abortion.
    Absolutely if this is allowed to continue it will get worse. But USA is already a country heavily influenced by religious fanaticism.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 days ago

    Because they live in a very black and white binary world where if you're not 100% in favor of everything they're doing then you're the evil enemy. It's gotten worse under MAGA but they were never particularly subtle to begin with.

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  • [–] 19 points 5 days ago (42 children)

    In no case of Western intervention have regular citizens fared better. Afghanistan. Iran. Iraq. Palestine. Syria is being "governed" by a CIA Al Nursa operative and Syrians are rioting, despite a brutal crackdown and Israeli mass destruction.

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