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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Shahana Yasmin

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Iranian singer mehdi yarrahi given 74 lashes over protest song urging hijab removal - Caught on Camera

Mehdi Yarrahi, an Iranian musician known for protest songs that call out his country’s strict dress codes for women, was given 74 lashes as part of a punishment.

His lawyer, Zahra Minuei, confirmed in a post on X that the punishment had been carried out at Branch Four of the Moral Security Prosecutor’s Office in Tehran, marking the end of a criminal case against Yarrahi.

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