What says the arrest of an 18-year-old Instagram star about Iran's arrears rulers

Like millions of other Iranians, Maedeh Hojabri, 18, shared photos and videos of herself on Instagram. It has ambaded a large audience on the social media platform – the latest not to be blocked by Iranian censors.

In most countries, an attractive young woman like Hojabri, who combines a strong camera presence with impressive dance moves, could "

Instead, Hojabri experimented with a form of reality TV specifically Iranian – the forced confessions that are regularly shown to the Iranian state broadcaster. Its broadcast took place last week

Currently, the Iranian establishment is facing a series of urgent problems: a currency that collapses; continued compression of sanctions; a shortage of water of epic proportions; and widespread protests about the state's inability to solve these problems. It therefore seems all the more surprising that the judiciary and the security apparatus devote as much precious time to a teenage dancer

. But baduality – especially feminine – is the Achilles' heel of this diet (and has always been). . Control has been an obsession since the Islamic Republic came to power in 1979. And now, the establishment is obviously losing this 40-year-old usury war.

Forced television confessions were originally designed to be dissuasive. It has become little more than official public justifications for the stupidity of the security apparatus.

Hojabri is just the latest in a long line of Iranians who have landed in jail for having the audacity to show themselves dancing. – Almost everyone in his country appreciates.

Anyone who has ever attended an Iranian gathering knows that dance is an integral part of any celebration. The frescoes in palaces prior to the Islamic Republic (but not Iranian Islam) often depict scenes of dancing women

Yet, the regime has always tried – and without success – to eradicate the sensual parts and feminine of national identity. 19659002] Although Iran obediently obeys the whims of a man, the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, there is no consensus within the ruling clbad on the way of governing the country. However, one thing the institution has agreed on is the need for state-funded misogyny.

In truth, those in power have shown no sign of their concern to end the fracture between the bades. That's the strange thing about segregation. Once those who impose it get used to controlling the levers of subjugation of a group – that it is a race, a religion, of a tribe or, in this case, bad – they are seldom willing to let go

. President Hbadan Rouhani and his collaborators protest weakly against the judiciary, the public media or those who make these kinds of arrests

Now, it is foreseeable that we are witnessing a growing public reaction against the strengthened official chauvinism in Tehran. Countless Hojabri supporters have posted videos of themselves dancing with the #dancingisnotacrime hashtag.

This follows months of women posting images in public without the mandatory hijab – a show of solidarity with the many women imprisoned in recent months to challenge the imposed dress code

The two demonstrations of distrust by the angry public are the paradoxical product of the early and accidental empowerment of women by the Iranian revolution.

Given the progress made by Iranian women since the discontent will inevitably play a major role in the defeat of the system. It's an open secret that everyone in this country knows, but few are willing to argue.

The problems of the Islamic Republic with its plans for gender apartheid began when it decided that it would eradicate illiteracy. For men and women.

Then came the eight-year war of Iran with Iraq. Millions of Iranian men have spent years fighting; some did not do it at home. Many came back with missing limbs or chronic diseases resulting from exposure to chemical attacks. Others have become addicts.

As a result, women began to take on new roles at home and in their communities. Although they were part of the workforce before the revolution, incomes and opportunities were far behind what many of them were able to do.

Millions have decided to stay in school and acquire new skills. started earning postgraduate degrees. But the jobs were harder to find.

When I first started visiting Iran in 2001, most of the people I spent time with were young women. They were the only ones who could speak English. When I started learning Farsi, I realized that even in their mother tongue, they had much more to say than their male compatriots. They read; some knew art and philosophy; and they were the first users of the Internet in the country. The result is a generation of women who work, read, have seen the world beyond the borders of Iran and have expectations.

Strong and educated women of Iran have earned the right to express themselves as they wish. So – among other things – why not let them dance?