Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mehdi Yarrahi, an Iranian musician known for protest songs that call out his country's strict dress codes for women, was given 74 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Iran has begun legal proceedings against prominent pop singer Mehdi Yarrahi over his latest song urging women to take off their mandatory headscarves, the judiciary said. The action against Mehdi ...

Iranian police arrested pop singer Mehdi Yarrahi on August 28 for releasing a song against women's compulsory wearing of the veil, the judiciary said. A day earlier, the judiciary's Mizan Online ...