Islamic law in force in Iran prohibits mixed dancing or dancing by single women in public.
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Repression. Two young women were arrested in Iran after the broadcast of a video in which they danced to celebrate the arrival of the Persian New Year, the Tasnim news agency announced on Saturday March 9. “Tehran prosecutor ordered the arrest of two women who broke social norms by dancing in Tajrish”, she reported. These two young women were dressed as Hadji Firouz, a folkloric character dressed in red, whose dance and songs indicate the arrival of Nowruz, the Iranian New Year, which begins on March 20 this year.
The video of these two young women swaying near Tajrish Square, a popular place in northern Tehran, has gone viral on social networks in recent days.
We #InternationalWomensDaythe Islamic Republic’s security forces have arrested two girls who were seen in a viral video dancing in Tajrish Square north of Tehran while dressed as Haji Firouz, a fictional character in Persian folklore who appears in the streets ahead of Nowruz,… pic.twitter.com/oSAXsVw3Wp
— Iran International English (@IranIntl_En) March 9, 2024
Islamic law in force in Iran prohibits mixed dancing or dancing by single women in public. Numerous videos of women dancing in public places, particularly in the metro, have gone viral in Iran in recent months, after the protest movement which shook Iran at the end of 2022 following the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman 22-year-old arrested by the moral police for non-compliance with the strict dress code in force in the country.
