Iranian officials have flogged a popular singer who posted a song online urging women to remove their mandatory headscarves ...

Iranian officials have flogged a popular singer who posted a song online urging women to remove their mandatory headscarves over a conviction for possessing and consuming alcohol, authorities ...

Mehdi Yarrahi, an Iranian singer and musician known for his song encouraging women to remove their hijabs, was lashed 74 times as part of his punishment for supporting the protests that swept the ...

FILE - Iranian singer Mehdi Yarrahi, seen in an undated photo from his Instagram account, received his sentence of 74 lashes at the Tehran Morality Security Prosecutor's Office, his attorney said ...

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A prominent Iranian pop singer who made a song urging women to remove their headscarves said Wednesday that he was willing to pay "a price for freedom" after being flogged 74 times by the ...

Iranian singer Mehdi Yarrahi has faced 74 lashings following the release of a song which supported women removing their hijabs across Iran. Zahra Minoui, the lawyer working on behalf of Yarrahi, ...

The death of Mahsa Amini sparked protests in and outside of Iran — Yasin AKGUL A prominent Iranian pop singer who made a song urging women to remove their headscarves said Wednesday that he was ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian officials have flogged a popular singer who posted a song online urging women to remove their mandatory headscarves over a conviction for possessing ...