Mehdi Yarrahi, an Iranian musician known for protest songs that call out his country’s strict dress codes for women, was given 74 lashes as part of a punishment. His lawyer, Zahra Minuei, confirmed in ...

Pop singer Mehdi Yarrahi has been given 74 lashes for a song criticizing Iran's mandatory dress code for women, ending a criminal case against him that also included a prison term. His lawyer, Zahra ...

A Iranian musician was flogged on Wednesday as part of his sentence for making a song in support of women's rights in Iran. File Photo by EPA-EFE March 6 (UPI) --Iranian musician Mehdi Yarrahi ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mehdi Yarrahi, an Iranian singer and musician who sang for women to remove their hijabs, speaks on Instagram on February 28.

Prominent Iranian pop singer Mehdi Yarrahi has been arrested following the release of an "illegal" song urging women to remove their mandatory head scarves as officials continue to clamp down on ...

Iranian singer Mehdi Yarrahi is seen in a photo from his Instagram. Singer Mehdi Yarrahi has been sentenced to two years and eight months in prison plus 74 lashes, his attorney Zahra Minoui said on ...

March 6 (UPI) --Iranian musician Mehdi Yarrahi received 74 lashes as part of his sentence a song supporing women's rights and opposes the Middle Eastern country's draconian hijab laws, his lawyer said ...

Mehdi Yarrahi, an Iranian singer and musician known for his song encouraging women to remove their hijabs, was lashed 74 times as part of his punishment for supporting the protests that swept the ...