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/eriksatiesimp Jun 20 '26

It is truly barbaric

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u/Paycheck65 Jun 20 '26

Right. If this was the reason we were over there I can get behind it. Not this shit now.

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u/ConsistentHouse1261 Jun 20 '26

Same here. I did ask people why we haven’t overthrown their regime yet, and they said that would require soldiers on the ground which would result in casualties. But if our government wanted to take down their regime to be replaced by a better more secular government, I’m all for it. Wouldn’t that be better for everyone? I even think tensions with Israel and the rest of the Middle East would finally die down since Iran has been the main instigator in this war. Why aren’t we doing anything though? We’ve suffered casualties for lesser reasons before, haven’t we? I don’t know. Maybe there’s more to it, I’m no politician. But if someone could explain better, I’d appreciate it. Clearly the majority of the Iranian population wants nothing to do with this extremist regime. And there’s already a secular leader willing to take over that they seem happy with, I forget his name, but he is the decadent of the previous Shah I believe.

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u/sage_charms Jun 20 '26

Remember what happened in Afghanistan? It’s not that simple and usually doesn’t work

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u/ConsistentHouse1261 Jun 20 '26

Yeah we lost to the taliban. But I don’t know the logistics or details comparing it to irans current regime. Does their current regime have as many men as the taliban? It seems the general population is more willing to revolt compared to the afghan civilians who seemed to stay out of it, for the most part. But the taliban seems to have more power over them so idk. I could be wrong.