Iran sentenced singer Parastoo Ahmadi to 74 lashes for singing a song while not wearing a hijab, but the punishment may only make women’s voices harder to silence, according to a fellow performer.
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Good news from Iran is hard to come by, a situation that has prevailed since the Islamic Revolution of 1979. But 2026 has marked a new nadir for one of the world’s oldest civilizations, with the ...