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The Iranian singer Parastoo Ahmadi and eight members of a production team, including musicians, have been reportedly sentenced to 74 lashes for performing in a concert livestreamed on Ahmadi's YouTube channel in 2024.

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An Iranian court has sentenced the singer Parastoo Ahmadi to 74 lashes for performing at a concert without a hijab, according to a person close to her family and state media news reports. She and her band will also be barred from leaving the country or performing for two years. trib.al/0N2qVt1

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-- The New York Times (@nytimes.com) 11:40 AM · Jun 24, 2026

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Sooooo what's up here... trying to guilt the left into slaughtering Palestinians because Islam must be stopped?

I remember when the cl0wns did this about Afghanistan... ladies in burqas and stuff... tossing gays off roofs... the US was going to free them... etc... Bibi recommended that we stop Afghanistan by attacking Iraq... and we turned Iraq from secular into a theocracy.

In fact... one could argue that in 1953 by interfering in their democracy... with a coup and the installation of a brutal regime... We don't know how to fix their Muslim problem... the more we mess with them... the more radicalized they become.

#1 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2026-06-29 11:28 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Quelle surprise! The Israeli's continuing conflation of Judaism and Zionism will be the end of Bibi's reign.

#2 | Posted by john47 at 2026-06-29 11:43 AM | Reply

"In fact... one could argue that in 1953 by interfering in their democracy... with a coup and the installation of a brutal regime... We don't know how to fix their Muslim problem... the more we mess with them... the more radicalized they become.

#1 | POSTED BY RIGHTISTRITE"

What BS! Not a word about the poor woman who will be beaten and probably already tortured? Do you support Iran and Afghanistan's treatment of their women? It sure seems like you do by giving them a 50 year pass to do as they wish to their women because the USA was bad to them in the past. Sure, the CIA was evil to them but how in the hell does that mean they can treat their women like cattle. Maybe Islam would do better by not subjugating their women into cattle and marrying off their little girls? Naw, just keep giving them a pass for this crap.

#3 | Posted by Wildman62 at 2026-06-29 12:00 PM | Reply

Sure, the CIA was evil to them but how in the hell does that mean they can treat their women like cattle.

Women are treated worse than they treat cows there.

Cows are not beaten for not wearing burkas when they sing.

#4 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-06-29 12:04 PM | Reply

Maybe Islam would do better by not subjugating their women into cattle

Don't you worry. Christian White nationalists are fighting their hardest to subjugate our women into cattle.

Best of luck America!

#5 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-06-29 12:13 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

#3 | Posted by Wildman62

It's true though. Iran and Afghanistan would be a lot different if the UK, US and USSR weren't screwing over those countries for decades. Look up pictures of Iran and Afghanistan in the 1950s. A lot of it is like looking at 1950s America.

There's no excuse for Iran and Afghanistan's treatment of women but I think it's pretty fair to lay blame on their regimes and how they became that way.

#6 | Posted by Derek_Wildstar at 2026-06-29 12:36 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Not a word about the poor woman who will be beaten and probably already tortured?
#3 | Posted by Wildman62 at 2026-06-29 12:00 PM | Reply GFY

I don't like the situation... but she knows the rules... probably agreed to abide by them when she started her career... she knew the risk.

Seriously? So we should go to war with them? You feckless pigs killed the more moderate ones as part of your regime change...

The purpose of war is to turn men into corpses, boys into cripples, women into widows, girls into prostitutes, and children into orphans... that's its function... it is meant to do that... en masse... the more the merrier... war is about crushing the spirits... raining misery and breaking will and forcing surrender... to make the misery stop... cl0wns like you think it's a better solution.

Nearly 20 years in Afghanistan... Eventually... US soldiers were fighting men who were not even born when 911 hit... are they more liberal now?
The US flattened Afghanistan... delivering them the ultimate "come to Jayzus" moment! We delivered Iraq 30 days of Shock and Awe after 10 years of crippling sanctions!

Are women treated better now?

Face it dum(b)ass... you don't have the answers... in fact... you think we should make things worse for women there... to save a woman who ran in elite circles... and took a risk.

Women bear the brunt of masculine jack-assery in wartime. You want to visit more on them... for Jayzus to come home.

If you want rights for women... promote peace and prosperity... because that is the ONLY time women get a break... The pooer and more wortorn a country the worse it is for women... and girls...

It's ironic that Trumpanzee an amoral psychopath... who uses women like a commodity... for his pleasure... inspires you.


#7 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2026-06-29 02:29 PM | Reply

It's ironic that Trumpanzee an amoral psychopath... who uses women like a commodity... for his pleasure... inspires you.

#7 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2026-06-29 02:29 PM | Reply | Flag:

Check Wildman's other posts. He is not a Trumper. His post on this thread could have been worded better, but he is most definitely not a Trump supporter.

#8 | Posted by cbob at 2026-06-29 03:01 PM | Reply

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