Iranian Couple Sentenced To 21 Years For Dancing In Support Of Protests

TL;DR

The couple – Amir Mohammad Ahmadi, 22 and Astiyazh Haqiqi, 21 – shared a video of themselves dancing Azadi Square in Iran’s capital Tehran to show support for the protests after the death of 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in custody of the Iranian morality police. Besides the jail term, a two-year ban to use social media, and a two-year ban on leaving Iran has also been imposed on the couple. The Islamic Republic has used draconian punishments in dealing with the protest movement

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