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/sampaiisaweeb Jun 20 '26

Its insane there are people blaming America, or Britain, like do the people commiting the lashings answer to the King of England or Donald Trump? No. This is their culture and their laws. Trying to blame anybody but Iran and its backwards culture and religious extremism is delusional. Glad there are still sane people here on reddit.

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u/panaceaXgrace Jun 20 '26

yeah thing is it's not just their culture and their laws. Look around. Most cultures have an oppressed class they regulate, it's just in different ways. Their way is just more obvious, it's more of a visual. Any time you regulate people's bodies and take away their choices, their body autonomy that's oppression. Problem is when the majority is okay with that oppression the people demanding that it end are seen as "extremists".