Pop artist Mehdi Yarrahi faces legal action for pro-veiling protest song. Song supports anti-veiling movement, spotlights Khuzestan’s struggles. Yarrahi uses music to challenge norms, push for change. The Iranian government has taken legal action against the well-known pop artist Mehdi Yarrahi for his recent song that advocates for the removal of veils. This development comes … Read more
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei grants collective pardons. More than 2,200 prisoners are pardoned or commuted. 43 of the convicts had been sentenced to death. Iran supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has pardoned or commuted the sentences of more than 2,200 prisoners, including some on death row, to mark two important Muslim feasts, official sources said Sunday. … Read more
Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani charged with carrying out propaganda against Iran. She reportedly made comments during an audio debate. In 2012, she was sentenced to six months in jail. Faezeh Hashemi daughter of Iran’s former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was charged with carrying out propaganda activity against the country and blasphemy in social media comments, the … Read more
