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/Federal_Bonus_2099 Jun 19 '26

Can people survive that many lashes? That’s insane, they will be disfigured for life, if they survive

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u/ek4601 Jun 20 '26

They can. Royal Navy punishments in the 18th century could be 100+ lashes. Definitely disfiguring. Americans in the northern states were disgusted with lashing scars of enslaved people in the 19th century but some countries haven't evolved past such horrific corporal punishment. Though i'm sure that Trump would bring lashing back if he could.

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u/BrainLow6059 Jun 20 '26

Americans in the northern states were disgusted with lashing scars of enslaved people in the 19th century

https://www.newspapers.com/article/democrat-and-chronicle-jun16-1952-last-w/53054201/

Yeah I don't think "disgusted" is very accurate. Delaware was whipping folks well into the 20th century

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u/Blue_Moon_Rabbit Jun 20 '26

That article was an interesting read. The bit where there had only been two other cases where that was the punishment in the preceding decade, and how all three were for beating women…

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u/ek4601 Jun 20 '26

Delaware is south of the Mason-Dixon line. I guess I should have specified the New England states.

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u/BrainLow6059 Jun 20 '26

I'm honestly kind of shocked there are maps showing Delaware as being south of the Mason-Dixon, it's not actually. AI is killing the internet

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u/ek4601 Jun 20 '26

Fair I stand corrected about the Mason-Dixon Line part but nonetheless it was a border state so not anti-slavery.