Iran's Islamist dictatorship continues its brutal repression against its own people, with particular cruelty directed against women.<\/p>\n
This weekend, a new sentence was handed down to a woman simply for singing in public. The Iranian legal advocacy group Dadbaan denounced the brutal sentence received by Anita Popist<\/a>, an Iranian woman who sings and uploads her songs in English and Persian to the Instagram account @anitapopist<\/a>. In yet another example of the severe discrimination women face in Iran, this singer was sentenced to 74 lashes for \"offending public decency\" by Courtroom 1088 of the Second Criminal Court of the Ershad Judicial Complex<\/strong> in Tehran. Her passport has been confiscated and her mobile phone blocked.<\/p>\n The legal group Dadbaan has pointed out that these punishments were \"imposed solely for posting her artwork on social media.<\/strong>\"<\/em> Iranian activist Masih Alinejad, exiled in the United States, posted yesterday<\/a>: \"In the middle of a war, the Islamic Republic still finds time to flog this young women for music.\"<\/em> Alinejad described the singer's conviction as follows: \"A total apartheid against women<\/strong>.\"<\/em> Alinejad shared this music video posted by Anita Popist on December 14<\/a>, a short and innocuous song with no political message, recorded at her home:<\/p>\n In the middle of a war, the Islamic Republic still finds time to flog this young women for music.<\/p>\n Anita Papist, a young Iranian singer, has been sentenced to 74 lashes.<\/p>\n Her crime? Singing and uploading her video on Instagram.<\/p>\n The regime confiscated her passport. Blocked her\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/tIwCz3OLAU<\/a><\/p>\n — Masih Alinejad (@AlinejadMasih) July 18, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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