Authorities in Iran arrested two young women after a video clip spread showing them dancing in a public place to celebrate the Persian New Year, according to a local news agency reported on Saturday.
Over the past few days, a video of the two young women dancing closely has spread widely on social media platforms Tajrish Square In northern Tehran, which is often crowded with pedestrians, shoppers and merchants.
The Iranian “Tasnim” agency reported, “The public prosecutor in Tehran ordered the arrest of two women who violated social rules by dancing in Tajrish.”
The two young women appear in the video disguised in the red costume of Hajji Fairouz, a beloved character Iranians At the end of the year, many of them wear their costumes and dance and sing in the streets, public squares, intersections, or even in the middle of traffic.
Iranians celebrate Nowruz holidayor New Year according to the solar Hijri calendar, on March 20.
The laws in force in Iran prohibit mixed dancing or females dancing alone, especially in public places.
And it spread in Iran Recently, videos of women dancing in public places, especially Subway stationsfollowing the wave of protests that the country witnessed in late 2022 following the death of the young woman Mahsa Amini After she was arrested by the morality police for not adhering to the country’s strict dress code.
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