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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Shahana Yasmin

Iranian singer Mehdi Yarrahi given 74 lashes over protest song urging hijab removal

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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