Iran: Couple jailed for 10 years over viral video showing them dancing at Tehran landmark

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A young couple in Iran have been jailed for more than 10 years each after a video on social media showed them dancing at one of Tehran's main landmarks.

Astiaj Haghighi and her fiancé Amir Mohammad Ahmadi were also banned from social activities on the internet and from leaving the country for two years.

 

The Instagram users, both aged in their 20s, were arrested on 1 November after the video of them dancing at the Azadi Tower went viral.

[Tug]

What a backward ignorant government that’s just plane stupid I sincerely hope the Iranian people can wrest their country out of the hands of those ignorant repressive mullas