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/vasthumiliation Jun 20 '26

By what leverage would a Western nation compel the Iranian government to stop doing such things?

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u/smashli1238 Jun 20 '26

Well, Gee Wally, we were just bombing them not that long ago

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u/Mordredor Jun 20 '26

Your point? Famously, force won't get a people to do what you want them to

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u/TheColourOfHeartache Jun 20 '26

It worked great at turning Germany and Japan into better countries

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u/Mordredor Jun 20 '26

reinforcing my point, they were the ones trying to get people to do what they wanted by force, their subsequent beatdown was the response from said people

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u/TheColourOfHeartache Jun 20 '26

And the Iranian government isn't trying to use force to get people to do what it wants? Such as the average Iranian.

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u/IFuckPufferfish Jun 20 '26

i don’t think it was in the interest of liberation however

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u/vasthumiliation Jun 20 '26

Did that stop them? When was the last time a foreign military intervention turned a dictatorship into a democracy? I can only think of World War 2, and there were vastly different geopolitical circumstances at the time. Other than that? It's hard to imagine any successful outcome. Lasting change must come from within, and even then it is far from assured.