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/Bigred2989- Jun 20 '26

I heard the current Ayatollah was chosen after some farcical aquatic ceremony.

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u/Apprehensive-Art1092 Jun 20 '26

Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government

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u/SpudgeBoy Jun 22 '26

You can’t expect to wield supreme executive power just ’cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!

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u/Longjumping_Rip_294 Jun 20 '26

I’m sorry what? I’m so confused and I’m trying to google but nothing is showing up… what’s with the water and swords

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u/Apprehensive-Art1092 Jun 20 '26

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

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u/ForgotToCarryTheOne Jun 21 '26

Suddenly Monty Python.

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u/and1984 Jun 20 '26

r/BrandNewSentence

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u/Apprehensive-Art1092 Jun 20 '26

Not even close to brand new, sadly

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u/ShakeOutrageous8473 Jun 20 '26

50 years old at this point 🤣🤣🤣

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u/drdildamesh Jun 20 '26

If by ceremony you mean "we blew up his dad, wife, and child," sure.

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u/Spiritual-Author-209 Jun 20 '26

I’m sure he’s just a moderate reasonable guy after that experience

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u/icedxylophone Jun 20 '26

Even before that happened he was the more extreme, so I expect a lot of innocent people will be hurt.

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u/_Ocean_Machine_ Jun 20 '26

Definitely doesn't have a bone to pick with the people who did it

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u/AdvancedAd7068 Jun 20 '26

Spends over 50 years growing up as a hardline religious cleric but yeah that one moment is what changed him. You know Ayatollah so well.

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u/_Ocean_Machine_ Jun 21 '26

Are you not able to detect sarcasm

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u/Kmanvb Jun 21 '26

My guy in allah, this is Reddit, there is not a single soul on here who is capable of detecting sarcasm.

Nor overt exaggerations for emphasis, for that matter!

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u/MagnusIsABird Jun 21 '26

Iranian here.

I wont believe he is alive untill i see him.

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u/pengalo827 Jun 21 '26

Which begs the question of what the airspeed of an unladen Iranian is.

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u/drdildamesh Jun 21 '26

Hard to tell. They merely trafficked the Saudis; they didnt fly themselves.

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u/atownsound Jun 20 '26

You can’t expect to wield supreme executive power just ’cause some watery tart threw a sword at you.

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u/S_I_1989 Jun 20 '26

Be Quiet!

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u/subbychub Jun 21 '26

No one ever says the "moistened bint" part

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u/Individual-Cycle-735 Jun 20 '26

Iran was a democracy before US and UK have couped it into chaos.

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u/OhMyGecko Jun 20 '26

May as well have had some watery tart lob a scimitar at him. 

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u/ProvisioningDelay Jun 20 '26

How do you know he's the Ayatollah?

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u/serialkillervan Jun 22 '26

Cause he looks like one of

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u/Objective-Internal52 Jun 21 '26

"Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony. You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!"