Iranian singer received 74 lashes after Hijab-Song

Iranian singer received 74 lashes after Hijab-Song

Mehdi Yarrahi, an Iranian singer and musician who is known for his song, encouraged women to lose their hijabs, 74 whipped strokes were prescribed as part of his punishment. This was reported by his lawyer on Wednesday. Yarrahi, 42, was arrested in August 2023 and sentenced to two years and eight months in prison by the Tehran Revolutionary Court as well as 74 blows. He finally served a year of his punishment and, in addition to the torment, was also fined.

allegations and punishment

YARRAHI was accused of "publishing an illegal song that violates morality and customs of Islamic society," reported the state news agency Irna in 2023. These draconian measures arise worldwide and raise questions about the human rights situation in Iran.

The meaning of his song

The musician was arrested just four days after the publication of his famous song “Roosarito”, in which the texts say: “Take off your headscarf, the sun sinks. Take off your headscarf, let your hair flow.” The additional lines “are not afraid, my love! Lache, protest against the tears” have conveyed a strong message of the authorization and resistance.

protests in Iran

One month after Yarrahi's arrest broke nationwide Protests in Iran from to commemorate the first anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death. Amini, a 22-year-old woman, died in custody of the Iranian moral police after she was supposedly arrested because of improper headgear. Human rights groups are outraged by the headscarf law and the cruel methods with which it is enforced.

reactions of human rights organizations

In December, Amnesty International that the Iranian authorities would have issued new draconian laws against the wearing of the veil, including the threat of death penalty, whipping, prison sentences and other hard punishments in order to break the continuing resistance to the mandatory wearing of veils.

other cases of punishment in the art scene

other artists in Iran were also flogged as part of their punishments, including the renowned film director Mohammad Rasoulof , which was sentenced to eight years in prison and whipping in May last year. In 2015 Two Iranian poets 99 Hiebe for the hand strike with people of the other sex. They were also sentenced to years in prison for “insulting the saint” in their writings, a decision that was sharply criticized by activists for freedom of expression.