Published on
19/06/2026 - 12:26 GMT+2
A 29-year-old Iranian singer has been reportedly sentenced to 74 lashes for performing without wearing a hijab, mandated by Iranian morality police.
Parastoo Ahmadi and eight members of a production team played a concert livestreamed on Ahmadi’s YouTube channel in 2024. She sang a historic patriotic anthem, ‘Az Khoon-e Javanan-e Vatan’ (‘From the Blood of the Youth of the Homeland’) and the video of the “Caravanserai Concert” has since gone viral.
According to rights activists, the criminal court of Qom province sentenced her and several musicians to flogging, a two-year ban on leaving the country, and a two-year ban on engaging in artistic activities.
