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Iran sentences a singer to 74 lashes

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The singer Parastoo Ahmadi in one of her promotional imagesWIKIPEDIA

The Qom Criminal Court has sentenced Iranian singer Parastoo Ahmadi, 29, to 74 lashes and two years of artistic disqualification for broadcasting an online concert in which she appeared without a veil. Another example of the repression against female cultural expression in Iran.