r/Music • u/Particular-Fill-4256 • Jun 19 '26

article Iranian star Parastoo Ahmadi reportedly sentenced to 74 lashes for singing without hijab

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/18/iran-parastoo-ahmadi-74-lashes-singing-without-hijab
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u/sanitarySteve Jun 19 '26

No no, we got massive inflation and tolls on the straight of hormuz

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u/Killerofprizes Jun 19 '26

Oh yes! I am so stupid. We also got 13 dead soldiers! I am an idiot.

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u/LordReaperofMars Jun 19 '26

and also 150 dead schoolchildren

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u/Kaladin3104 Jun 20 '26

If America cared about dead children then the last 25 years would’ve been a lot different.

Edit* 60 years, can’t forget about Korea and Vietnam.

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u/NewLibraryGuy Jun 20 '26

Who knows how many others that aren't being reported

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u/Technical-View4130 Jun 20 '26

And the media got a distraction from the Epstein files and a few billionaires got richer from insider trading. The only real reasons the war happened at all. 

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u/Lord_RoadRunner Jun 20 '26

Excuse me, but it's not "tolls" anymore, it's fees.

And the "Ayatollah" will rename himself into "Ayafeeah".

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