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26 Sept 2026, 14:09

The Qom Provincial Court of Appeals upheld the sentence of 74 lashes for Parastoo Ahmadi and eight other musicians and crew members of the "Caravansary Concert" without any changes.

Abuzar Zaman, a lawyer, wrote on the social media platform X on Friday that according to the ruling of Branch 16 of the Qom Court of Appeals, Parastoo Ahmadi, four musicians, and four others have been sentenced to 74 lashes, in addition to a two-year ban on engaging in audiovisual activities and a prohibition on leaving the country. The Qom Criminal Court had previously convicted these nine individuals on charges of "offending public decency by producing and disseminating vulgar and immoral content in cyberspace."

Parastoo Ahmadi published a video of the "Caravansary Concert," performed without mandatory hijab and accompanied by Ehsan Birgadar, Soheil Faqih Nasiri, Amin Taheri, and Amir Ali Pirnia, on YouTube in Azar 1403. The judiciary filed a complaint against the individuals involved after the performance was released, and Ahmadi along with two accompanying musicians were detained for a period.

In the initial ruling, the court cited Parastoo Ahmadi's attire, as well as the production, filming, and public dissemination of this performance in cyberspace, as the basis for the verdict.
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