A female Iranian singer who refused to wear a hijab and was arrested for not adhering to the strict Islamic dress code, has been freed on bail for £560,000. Singer Parastoo Ahmadi appeared in a court in Tehran where she was charged and released on bail of around 30-billion Rials (£560,000) Ham Mihan daily reported.
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The paper added that 'charges were also explained to musicians of the virtual concert,' and they were freed on bail of about £30,000 each. The concert was filmed in Iran with Ahmadi and her four-man backing band on keyboard, percussion and guitars, on December 11 with no audience present.
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The band were playing outside on a stage in the grounds of a traditional caravanserai complex, Iran International reported.. Parastoo Ahmadi was not wearing a headscarf and was bare-shouldered in a long, flowing black dress. She streamed the concert on her YouTube channel.
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The judiciary's news website then said a 'legal case' was filed against the singer and the production staff for performing 'music without observing legal and religious standards'. Ahmadi was arrested in Sari City, capital of the northern province of Mazandaran, on Saturday December 14.
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Under rules imposed after the 1979 Islamic revolution, women must cover their hair and neck and wear loose-fitting clothes in public. They are also not allowed to sing solo in public. However, increasing numbers of women are appearing without a hijab, the trend has started in the wake of Mahsa Amini's death in custody in September 2022.
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