Iranian singer Parastoo Ahmadi was recently sentenced to be lashed 74 times./ Image: Wikimedia Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication./ Author: HosseinronaghiIranian singer Parastoo Ahmadi was recently sentenced to be lashed 74 times after a video appeared on YouTube in December 2025 of her without a hijab and daring to bare her shoulders.Musicians Ehsan Beiraqdar and Soheil Faqih Nasiri, as well as six members of the production team for the Caravanserai Concert, also face the same sentence for “public decency through the production and publication of obscene and immoral content on cyberspace platforms.”Additionally, the artists will be subject to a two-year travel ban and face restrictions on all artistic activity.Per The Jerusalem Post:The court prosecuted them under Articles 638 of the Islamic Penal Code and 743 of the Computer Crimes Law, BBC Persian reported.Article 638 of the Islamic Penal Code criminalizes the performance of any “open religious taboo” or acts that offend public decency, such as appearing without a hijab. Article 743 criminalizes the promotion or encouragement of corruption, prostitution, or acts deemed offensive to public morality via digital networks.*****During Ahmadi’s performance, she sang without wearing a hijab. Women are also forbidden from singing to any audience with male members. The punishment for that is often flogging.Iranian journalist and activist Masih Alinejad noted, “One day after the U.S. signed a deal with the Islamic Republic، the regime in Iran, handed Parastoo Ahmadi 74 lashes for singing on YouTube.”“They call America the Great Satan. And then they flew to the table and signed a deal with the «Devil«.”“But a woman’s voice scared them more than any superpower ever could. A regime that whips women for showing their hair and singing, there’s not a normal government.”“This is called apartheid against women.”One day after the U.S. signed a deal with the Islamic Republic، the regime in Iran, handed Parastoo Ahmadi 74 lashes for singing on YouTube.They call America the Great Satan. And then they flew to the table and signed a deal with the «Devil«. But a woman’s voice scared them… pic.twitter.com/FMJdKD7EGZ— Masih Alinejad (@AlinejadMasih) June 18, 2026According to the nonprofit Abdorrahman Boroumand Center, which also provides an interactive map of reported floggings, ” In the Islamic Republic of Iran, at least 149 crimes are punishable by flogging. The laws related to flogging are broad and encompass a wide array of acts recognized as crimes.“The criminal code recognizes corporal punishment (hadd and ta’zir) for offenses such as: consumption of alcohol, drug use and petty drug dealing, theft, adultery, ‘flouting’ of public morals, illegitimate relationships, and mixing of the sexes in public.”“Flogging is also used in interrogations, presumably to punish the detainee for not telling the truth. In the case of political prisoners, flogging was routinely used in the 1980s. Interrogators continue to use flogging, but its use is more often reported in the case of political detainees from specific political or ethnic groups.”“Judges have also the latitude to mete out corporal punishment for those sentenced to death. In such cases, the flogging is carried out before the execution to maximize the convict’s suffering.”The post Iranian Singer Sentenced to Be Lashed 74 Times for Baring Shoulders in Video Shared on YouTube appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.