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Iranian artists defy government restrictions on women singing and dancing – ABC News
An Iranian composer is arrested for featuring the singing and dancing of women, under an obscure Iranian law that has been used to suppress female artists for decades.
Composer Mehdi Rajabian has been dragged before an Iranian Revolutionary Court for the third time in his career under an obscure law.
Key points:
- This is the third time Mr Rajabian has been arrested for his music
- Singing and dancing are not illegal but artists can be charged for crimes against “immorality”
- Restrictions have pushed Iran’s music and dance scenes underground
Mr Rajabian creates classical compositions using local Iranian instruments, but his late…
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