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VOA Persian: Authorities in Iran lash singer arrested for protest song


FILE - Iranian singer Mehdi Yarrahi, seen in an undated photo from his Instagram account, received his sentence of 74 lashes at the Tehran Morality Security Prosecutor's Office, his attorney said on March 5, 2025.
FILE - Iranian singer Mehdi Yarrahi, seen in an undated photo from his Instagram account, received his sentence of 74 lashes at the Tehran Morality Security Prosecutor's Office, his attorney said on March 5, 2025.

An attorney for Iranian musician and singer Mehdi Yarrahi said that the dissident artist's sentence of 74 lashes was carried out at the Tehran Morality Security Prosecutor's Office, officially closing his case. In September 2023, Yarrahi was arrested at his home by intelligence agents for performing the protest song "Rosarito" (Take Off Your Scarf).

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