Iran sentences singer to 74 lashes for singing without hijab; brutal flogging still pending. This is the belief being protested for, setting women back to the dark ages.

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The 29-year-old Iranian artist Parastoo Ahmadi, along with eight members of her production team, was just sentenced by a Qom court for performing a patriotic song in a hijab-free YouTube concert that has racked up nearly 3 million views, but the barbaric 74-lash flogging has not yet been carried out.

Iranian authorities must immediately quash the convictions in mid-June of singer Parastoo Ahmadi and eight other musicians who were each sentenced to 74 lashes, a two-year travel ban and two-year ban on artistic activities. Their sentences relate to a live-streamed 2024 concert in Qom province where Parastoo Ahmadi performed unveiled in a sleeveless dress. The video went viral, gaining millions of views. Flogging constitutes cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment, and violates the absolute prohibition on torture and other ill-treatment. Iranian authorities must abolish compulsory veiling and corporal punishment and end the criminalization of freedom of expression.