Iranian singer, 27, who was arrested for refusing to wear a hijab while performing at a virtual concert on YouTube 'is bailed for £560,000' 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.
Image shows a massive bruise on the woman's back as she holds a slogan that says: 'Woman, Life, Freedom'] Under rules imposed after the 1979 Islamic revolution, women must cover their hair and neck and wear loose-fitting clothes in public.
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.
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.
Ahmadi was arrested in Sari City, capital of the northern province of Mazandaran, on Saturday December 14.
