{"id":112808,"date":"2023-08-28T08:20:47","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T13:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/?p=112808"},"modified":"2023-08-28T08:20:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T13:20:47","slug":"iran-files-legal-case-against-singer-urging-veil-removal-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/2023\/08\/28\/iran-files-legal-case-against-singer-urging-veil-removal-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Files Legal Case Against Singer Urging Veil Removal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"VOA \u2014 TEHRAN, IRAN \u2014 <\/span>Authorities in Iran have begun legal proceedings against a prominent pop singer over his latest song urging women to take off their mandatory headscarves, the judiciary said Sunday.<\/p>\n

The action against Mehdi Yarrahi comes almost a year after the death in custody of Iranian Kurd Mahsa Amini, 22, triggered months of protests around the country.<\/p>\n

Amini had been arrested for alleged breach of the Islamic republic’s strict dress code requiring that a woman’s head and neck be covered.<\/p>\n

Yarrahi, 41, released a song Friday called “Roosarito,” which means “Your Headscarf” in Farsi, expressing support for last year’s protest movement.<\/p>\n

“A legal case was filed against Mehdi Yarrahi following the release of an illegal song which defies the morals and customs of the Islamic society,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online website said.<\/p>\n

It was not immediately clear what the formal charges were. Yarrahi was not in custody.<\/p>\n

Yarrahi’s three-minute video clip incorporated the protest movement’s slogan, “Woman, life, freedom.”<\/p>\n

He called on women to “take off their (head)scarves,” and the video included short clips of several women dancing with their hair uncovered.<\/p>\n

Mizan said the legal measures against Yarrahi will also cover another “controversial song” he released in October. Titled “Soroode Zan” or “Woman’s Anthem,” it became a feature of the protest movement, particularly in universities.<\/p>\n

In 2018, Yarrahi received the prize for best pop singer at the Fajr festival, the country’s most important government-organized musical event.<\/p>\n

He has criticized authorities on several occasions during his concerts, mainly over perceived marginalization of people in his native Khuzestan province which has a large Arab minority.<\/p>\n

During the months of protest, which Tehran generally labelled as foreign-instigated “riots,” thousands of Iranians were arrested and hundreds killed including dozens of security personnel.<\/p>\n

Iranian women have increasingly flouted the strict dress code since the mass protests began calling for an end to compulsory headscarves.<\/p>\n

Last month, state media said police had relaunched patrols to catch those who left their hair uncovered in public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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