He Sang in Praise of Women Exposing Their Hair. Iran Flogged Him.
A popular Iranian musician who was arrested two years ago during a crackdown on artists and academics has been punished with 74 lashes in what activists said on Thursday was a bid to humiliate him for supporting a nationwide uprising. The musician, Mehdi Yarrahi, 43, was subjected to the flogging by officers of the Morality…
