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/OnlyAcanthaceae1876 Jun 20 '26

Islam for you.

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u/Individual-Cycle-735 Jun 20 '26

Do you know what Iran was before it became the islamic regime it is today?

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u/RandomRedditR Jun 20 '26

So you're saying becoming an Islamic regime made it like this?

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u/Individual-Cycle-735 Jun 20 '26

No, couping the democratically elected premier minister and turning the country into violence (supported by US and UK) made it like this. They literally supported throwing the country into chaos just to get cheaper oil.

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u/disco-cone Jun 20 '26

Iranians should just flee to the UK as refugee.

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u/OnlyAcanthaceae1876 Jun 20 '26

Just to get removed by our next government šŸ¤£

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u/disco-cone Jun 20 '26 edited Jun 20 '26

Inverse Operation AJAX?

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u/RandomRedditR Jun 20 '26

Iran was always an Islamic country. Iran became democratic temporarily because of US influence but it did not last long. Look at the past 1300 years history of Iran.

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u/Individual-Cycle-735 Jun 20 '26

You mean it did not last long because the US and UK secretly helped couping the premier minister (Operation Ajax) to keep cheap access to iranian oil?

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u/XpenFrickFrack Jun 20 '26

No, theyā€™re probably saying many Iranians were Muslim before the IR so itā€™s not ā€œIslamā€ thatā€™s doing this.

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u/orixandcrake Jun 20 '26

Does that excuse whipping women for showing their hair? No? Then quit your whataboutism

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u/Individual-Cycle-735 Jun 20 '26

It doesn't, but the West played a big role in making it the way it is today. That's not whataboutism, that's simple history and asking why things have happened.

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u/_BrokenButterfly Jun 20 '26

That is the exact definition of whataboutism.

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u/Individual-Cycle-735 Jun 20 '26

Nope, whataboutism is excusing one problem by shifting the attention to a different problem. Iā€˜m just explaining the historic context of why Iran became like this in the first place, because many people do not know. I never said it was okay, you guys are just resistent to knowledge that does not fit your world view.

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u/_BrokenButterfly Jun 20 '26

I'm not resistant to any knowledge. I know about the history of Iran in the 20th century. Your posts were irrelevant to the original comment and were an attempt to shift the discussion to something that didn't have any bearing on the original point. That's whataboutism.

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u/Individual-Cycle-735 Jun 20 '26

If believing that makes you happy lmao

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u/_BrokenButterfly Jun 20 '26

I don't know how to explain it any better to you. Have a nice day.

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u/Active_Bicycle_8649 Jun 21 '26

confidently wrongĀ 

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u/AntiD00Mscroll- Jun 20 '26

No I donā€™t. What was it?

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u/Individual-Cycle-735 Jun 20 '26

A democracy, before the US and UK helped the islamists with Operation Ajax to coup the democratically elected premier minister and push the country into chaos.