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An Iranian teenager posted about 300 videos on his Instagram account
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, TEHRAN – Iranian police arrested a teenager, Maedeh Hojabri, who posted a video of her dance on her Instagram account. The action has attracted tens of thousands of followers or supporters.
The Iranian public television channel broadcast the video on Friday (6/7) local time, where Hojabri, 18, claimed to have violated moral standards. the country. However, he did it in order to gain more followers and he did not claim to have the intention of breaking the norm by displaying the dance.
Reported in Associated Press Sunday (8/7), it is not yet clear whether the statement that he made was under pressure or not. A local news site, writing Shabooneh, Hojabri and three others have been arrested on the same charges in recent weeks, before being released on bail.
Hojabri himself posted about 300 videos on his account, where, many videos show he was dancing in the style of Iran and the West. Hojabri also appeared in other videos without wearing the hijab.
The video of the show has thousands of followers in different accounts, from 12,000 to 66,000 followers. But no account is verified.
Iranian police said they wanted to close similar accounts on Instagram. Meanwhile, the court will consider blocking access to the site.
Iran itself has blocked access to some social media sites, including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Telegram applications. However, millions of Iranians continue to use the site through proxies and VPNs.
Iran's courts and security forces are dominated by extremists who launch periodic crackdowns against non-Islamic behavior. The latest arrests occur amid a series of protests against the government's management of the economy.
In 2014, the authorities also sentenced six teenagers to stay in prison. This is done after posting the dance video using Pharrell Williams' song Happy.
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