Iran Detains Teen Over Dance Videos Posted On Instagram
Iran has detained a teenager who posted dance videos on her Instagram page, which has more than 40,000 followers.
State TV broadcast a video recently in which Maedeh Hojabri, who is believed to be 18 or 19, acknowledged breaking moral norms while insisting that she wasn’t encouraging others to follow her example. Her face was blurred in the video.
Several other individuals detained for similar charges appeared in the video.
Iranian state TV has a record of airing confessions that rights activists say have been made under duress.
Islamic laws enforced in Iran prohibit dancing in public.
Hojabri had posted dozens of photos and videos on her Instagram account where she is seen dancing to Western pop and rap music. In the posts she appears without the obligatory Islamic dress code that requires women to cover their hair and body in public.
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