Iran: Happy video dancers sentenced to 91 lashes and jail
Source: BBC
Six Iranians arrested for appearing in a video dancing to Pharrell Williams' song Happy have been sentenced to up to one year in prison and 91 lashes, their lawyer says.
The sentences were suspended for three years, meaning they will not go to prison unless they reoffend, he adds.
The video shows three men and three unveiled women dancing on the streets and rooftops of Tehran.
In six months, it has been viewed by over one million people on YouTube
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29272732
Way to go Iran......how modern & progressive of you..... : (
Orrex
(63,172 posts)candelista
(1,986 posts)Dancing interferes with this. And anyone who thinks otherwise, e.g., a Sufi, is a heretic.
yuiyoshida
(41,818 posts)ReRe
(10,597 posts)... all so beautiful and full of life! I hadn't seen this lately... thanks for including it They better not lay a hand on any of them, damnit. My sister and I might have to go over there straighten that country out, once and for all.
surrealAmerican
(11,358 posts)There is hope for Iran if they represent even a small percentage of their generation.
Nolimit
(142 posts)If you are happy in Iran you will be punished.
valerief
(53,235 posts)Hoppy
(3,595 posts)EX500rider
(10,810 posts)TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)Fun people over there.
seveneyes
(4,631 posts)Either way, piss on the tyrants.
uppityperson
(115,677 posts)SoapBox
(18,791 posts)...just be fucking miserable.
We, the Angry Men, order the rest of your to never be happy.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)msongs
(67,361 posts)zonkers
(5,865 posts)Skinner
(63,645 posts)How nice of Iran to not lash and jail people if they promise not to dance for three years.
zonkers
(5,865 posts)that the sentences are a fait accompli. Also, lost on the reader is any notion that Iranian government may have blinked and backed off in order to avoid turning these dancers into martyrs.
knightmaar
(748 posts)... paging Dr. Kevin Bacon.
We have a Situation Footloose.
robbob
(3,522 posts)to be in Tehran?
modrepub
(3,491 posts)until moral improves....
reorg
(3,317 posts)but I'm glad it's only a suspended sentence and the verdict will not be carried out.
Great series, BTW
Happy in Tehran We are from Tehran With Love
HAPPY Pharrrell Williams, Lower Subukia, Kenya, Africa (Mali dom)
Pharrel Williams Happy (Moscow Edition)
Pharrell Williams - Happy (We are happy from Cotonou) #HAPPYDAY
Pharrell Williams # HAPPY # BERLIN - Die neue BERLINER VERSION
Uncle Joe
(58,298 posts)That would probably merit execution.
Iran's government seriously needs to wake the hell up, what a bunch of draconian, dumb asses.
Thanks for the thread, EX500rider.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)Booo!
RKP5637
(67,088 posts)Ash_F
(5,861 posts)The article is not clear.
mb999
(89 posts)Keep religion out of the government.