Iranian authorities have reportedly sentenced singer Parastoo Ahmadi and eight members of her production team to 74 lashes each, alongside travel and professional restrictions, over a concert streamed on YouTube in which the singer appeared without a hijab. Court documents reviewed by rights advocates showed that a criminal court in Qom province imposed corporal punishment and barred the artists from leaving the country or engaging in artistic activities for two years, according to The Guardian.

The Criminal Court of Qom Province has sentenced Parastoo Ahmadi and eight musicians and production crew members of the “Caravanserai Co ...

The artists will also face a two-year travel ban and a two-year restriction on all artistic activity after the Iranian judiciary found the nine artists had offended “public…