Iran: By order of prosecutor two women were arrested for dancing celebrating the coming of the new year!

His regime wants them not only to be “decently clothed” according to the standards of Islam, but does not want them to dance, otherwise they risk being arrested! This is exactly what happened in Iran with two young women dancing to celebrate the arrival of the Persian New Year. Perhaps their “sinning” was that the scene was recorded on video that became viral on social media. Thus “the Tehran prosecutor ordered the arrest of the two women who violated social rules by dancing in Tajris”, the Tasnim news agency broadcast. The two young women had disguised themselves as Haji Furuz, an imaginary character dressed in red, who announces, dancing and singing, the arrival of Norouz, the Iranian New Year, which this year begins on March 20. Islamic law in force in Iran prohibits dancing between couples of women-men or only women in public. On , the Islamic Republic’s security forces have assumed two girls who were seen in a viral video dancing in Tajrish Square north of Tehran while dressed as Haji Firouz, a fundamental character in Persian folklore who appeared in the streets ahead of Nowruz,… — Iran International English (@IranIntl_En) Numerous women’s videos dancing in public spaces, especially on the subway, have become viral in Iran in recent months, after the protest movement that shocked the country in late 2022 after the death of Mahsha Amini, a 22-year-old woman, arrested by the moral police for not respecting the strict clothing code applied in Iran.