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- Iranian courts upheld a 74-lash sentence and two-year artistic ban for singer Parastoo Ahmadi.
- The Qom court convicted Ahmadi and eight band members for offending public decency after a December 2024 livestream.
- Appeal was rejected without a hearing, according to Ahmadi’s lawyers.
- Amnesty International warned that flogging violates the absolute prohibition on torture.
- Conservative Gholamali Haddad-Adel said Iran’s war with the US and Israel limits hijab-enforcement.