#Amir Mohammad Ahmadi

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Published: Jan 31, 2023

PARIS: An Iranian court has handed jail sentences of over 10 years each to a young couple who danced in front of one of Tehran’s main landmarks in a video seen as a symbol of defiance against the regime, activists said on Tuesday.

Astiyazh Haghighi and her fiance Amir Mohammad Ahmadi, both in their early 20s, had been arrested in early November after a video went viral of them dancing romantically in front of the Azadi Tower in Tehran.

Haghighi did not wear a headscarf in defiance of the Islamic republic’s strict rules for women, while women are also not allowed to dance in public in Iran, let alone with a man.

A revolutionary court in Tehran sentenced them each to 10 years and six months in prison, as well as bans on using the Internet and leaving Iran, the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) said.

The couple, who already had a following in Tehran as popular Instagram bloggers, were convicted of “encouraging corruption and public prostitution” as well as “gathering with the intention of disrupting national security,” it added.

HRANA cited sources close to their families as saying they had been deprived of lawyers during the court proceedings while attempts to secure their release on bail have been rejected.

It said Haghighi is now in the notorious Qarchak prison for women outside Tehran, whose conditions are regularly condemned by activists.

Iranian authorities have clamped down severely on all forms of dissent since the death in September of Mahsa Amini, who had been arrested for allegedly violating the headscarf rules, sparked protests that have turned into a movement against the regime.

At least 14,000 people have been arrested, according to the United Nations, ranging from prominent celebrities, journalists and lawyers to ordinary people who took to the streets.

The couple’s video had been hailed as a symbol of the freedoms demanded by the protest movement, with Ahmadi at one moment lifting his partner in the air as her long hair flowed behind.

One of the main icons of the Iranian capital, the gigantic and futuristic Azadi (Freedom) Tower is a place of huge sensitivity.

It opened under the rule of the last shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in the early 1970s when it was known as the Shahyad (In Memory of the Shah) Tower.

It was renamed after the shah was ousted in 1979 with the creation of the Islamic republic. Its architect, a member of the Bahai faith which is not recognized in today’s Iran, now lives in exile.

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Astiazh Haqiqi, 21, and her fiance Amir Mohammad Ahmadi, 22, are said to be convicted of "promoting corruption and prostitution, colluding against national security, and propaganda against the establishment".

According to reports, they were also handed a two-year ban on using social media and leaving the country.

If you dislike their dancing so much why do you want to prevent them from leaving? Let them go, see how eager they are to come back. You’ve got very little to worry about, idiots.

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A young couple who posted a video of themselves dancing romanticallyin the streets of Tehran have been sentenced to several years in prison,according to human rights activists and Iranian authorities.  

The jailing of Instagram influencers Astiyazh Haghighi, 21, and her fiancé, Amir Mohammad Ahmadi, 22, comes amid the regime's crackdown in a bid to quell anti-government protests that have swept the country.

The couple, popular figures on social media with a combined following of almost two million,have regularly posted videos together.

In one video posted to their Instagram accounts in November, which has since been deleted but is now being circulated widely on social media,the bloggerscan be seen dancing at night near Tehran’s landmark Azadi (Freedom) tower, which marks the western entrance to Iran's capital. 

The couple can be seen twirling and dancing as they embrace with a glittering filter transposed onto the video, in front of the glowing monument.

While dancing is not illegal according to Iran's penal code, women dancing in public — particularly with men — is. Haghighi appeared in the video without a headscarf, an item of clothing that has become a focal point of the protests.

The couple did not link their video to the unrest that erupted across the Islamic Republic in the wake of the death of 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in hospital after she wasdetained by the morality police having been accused of breaking the country’s strict dress code.

But news of the couple's prison sentences was first reported Sunday by an activist group, which said they had been violently arrested on Nov. 1 last year by security forces "after they published a video on social media showing them dancing in a city square."

Haghighi and Ahmadi were sentenced to ten years and six months each in prison, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency, or HRANA, the communications arm of Human Rights Activists in Iran, which describes itself as a “non-political and non-governmental organization comprised of advocates who defend human rights in Iran.”

The two were also banned from using social media, and prohibited from leaving the country for two years, HRANA said, adding that were reportedly denied access to a lawyer during legal proceedings. The last post on both of their Instagram accounts is from Sept. 22.

Iran's Mizan news agency, which is run by the judiciary, reported Wednesday that Haghighi and Ahmadi were arrested by authorities on Nov. 1 and later sentenced by a judge to to five years in prison each for “colluding and rallying against the country’s security.”

“Their focus was to encourage people to protest and overthrow the regime,” the report said. “They used their platform to advertise for protests, including the call for the October 26th protests. Despite being informed of their disruptive actions by security officials, they persisted and were arrested on November 1st.” 

NBC News has been unable to independently verify any details of this case and it is unclear what may be behind the discrepancy between the activist group and Mizan.

The couple's story quickly spread among supporters of the protests on social media.

“For the crime of dancing, these two young Iranians have been sentenced,” the Iranian activist and journalist, Masih Alinejad, tweeted on Monday. “They don’t deserve such brutality,” she said, sharing the video of the pair dancing. 

"This arbitrary and totally unjust long imprisonment for posting a video clearly shows that authorities are using trumped up charges through the unfair judicial system to crackdown on not just social freedoms, but on acts of peaceful resistance and mobilization that courageous protestors have been undertaking over the past several months," Tara Sepehri Far, a senior researcher on Iran at Human Rights Watch, told NBC News via email.

The protests that swept across Iran after Amini’s death developed into perhaps the greatest challenge to theocratic rule since it was established in the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

After months violently cracking down on the protests, the Iranian government has now started hanging people in public, a response that prompted an outcry from human rights activists and Western officials.

So far, at least 527 people have been killed — including 71 children — four protesters have been executed, and almost 20,000 others have been arrested, according to the Washington area-based watchdog group, Human Rights Activists in Iran. Iran’s Interior Ministry said in December that the death toll was 200, including security forces who were killed.

In an Instagram post uploaded Sept. 20, Haghighi wrote about her own experience being stopped by morality police on several occasions because of her “inappropriate” clothing, and the fear it had instilled in her.

“They took me inside the van,” she recalled of one incident in her Instagram post. “The fear that it had given me never left me.”

“You often curse me, asking why I don’t speak up,” Haghighi continued on Instagram, addressing her followers. “I want to tell you that I can’t, not because I don’t want to. It’s because my mother has no one but me, and I am the head of my family. I’m afraid of my mom’s tears.”

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Astiaj Haghighi (21) and Amir-Mohammad Ahmadi (22) are an Iranian couple, known for being instagram influencers, who have each been sentenced to 10.5 years in prison.

Their crime was posting a video of themselves dancing near Azadi Square.

Their families have been forced into silence for the past three months.

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Liste der Menschen, die bei den Protesten im Iran seit 16. September 2022 getötet wurden (bis 6.11):

6.11.

Mohammad Ghaemi Far Asterki, Dezful

Oveis Shekarze’i, Sarbaz

5.11.

Nasrin Ghaderi, 35, Marivan

Mohammad Hossein Salari, Mahshahr

4.11. Massaker von Khash

Mohammad Shah Bakhsh

Yunus Shah Bakhsh

Shahli Bar

Sohn von Haj Khoda Murad Brahoi

Sadegh Brahui

Mohammad Amin Heshmatian

Ali Kurd Kalahori

Mobin Mirkazehi

Nima Nouri

Kambiz Regi

Rahim Dad Shahli

Sohn von Anwar Salahshuran

Mohammad Selahshuran

Abdul Malik Shahnawazi

Azim Mahmoud Zahi

Murad Zahi

Saeed Sohrab Zehi

Yasir Bahadur Zehi

3.11.

Shoaib Darghale, Chabahar

Mehdi Hazrati, Karaj

Mohammadreza Bali Lashak, Nowshahr

Prasto Mouradkhani, Karaj

Yaser Naroi, Zahedan

Mohammad Reza Sarvi, Shahr-e Rey

Mehran Shekari, Karaj

Irfan Zamani, Lahijan

2.11.

Momen Zand-Karimi, 18, Sanandaj

30.10.

Komar Daroftadeh, 16, Piranshahr

29.10.

Aref Gholampour, Zahedan

28.10.

Dastan Rasul Mohammad Agha, Baneh

Masoud Ahmadzadeh, Mahabad

Kabdani, 12, Zahedan

Adel Kochakzaei, Zahedan

Farid Koravand, Asaluyeh

Omid Narouie, Zahedan

Amir Shahnavazi, Zahedan

27.10.

Ermita Abbasi, 20, Karaj

Zaniar Abu Bakri, Mahabad

Fereshteh Ahmadi, 32, Mahabad

Keyvan Darvishi, 18, Sanandaj

Fereydon Faraji, Baneh

Shahou Khezri, Mahabad

Motalleb Saeed Peyro, Baneh

Kobra Sheikh Saqqa, Mahabad

Mehrshad Shahidi, 19, Arak

26.10.

Behnaz Afshari, Evin-Gefängnis Teheran

Afshin Asham, 28, Qasr-e Shirin

Hadi Haqshenas, Isfahan

Mohammad Lotfollahi, Sanandaj

Hamid Reza Malmir, Karaj

Ismail Muludi, 35, Mahabad

Sarina Saedi, 16, Sanandaj

Seyed Ali Seiedi, Teheran

Mohammad Shariati, Sanandaj

25.10.

Parisa Bahmani, Teheran

Parmis Hamnava, 14, Iranshahr

Ebrahim Mirzaei, 42, Sanandaj

24.10.

Sadaf Movahedi, 17, Teheran

23.10.

Ramin Fatehi, Sanandaj

Mona Naghib, 8, Saravan

22.10.

Abolfazl Bahu, Qaimshahr

Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini, Saqqez

Rahim Kalij, Qaimshahr

Poriya Kayani, Shushtar

Farid Maleki, Teheran

Arnica Kaem Maqami, 17, Teheran

Messam Moghadasi, Teheran

Sina Malayeri, Arak

Ezzatollah Shahbazi, Evin-Gefängnis Teheran

20.10.

Ali Jalili, Teheran

Ramin Karami, Kermanshah

19.10.

Ali Bani Asadi, 20, Ahvaz

17.10.

Mohammad Abdollahi, Ilam

Hamed Baji Zehi, Zahedan

16.10.

Hossein Akbarzadeh, Evin-Gefängnis Teheran

Atika Gaem Magham, 17, Teheran

15.10.

Hossein Jezi, Evin-Gefängnis Teheran

Seyyed Farhad Hosseini, Evin-Gefängnis Teheran

Hamid Saeed Mozafari, Evin-Gefängnis Teheran

13.10.

Parisa Asgari, Teheran

Reza Esmailzadeh, Teheran

12.10.

Kamal Fegghi, Bukan

Asra Panahi Jangah, 15, Ardabil

Aziz Moradi, Sanandaj

Sina Naderi, 22, Kermanshah

Armin Sayyadi, 18, Kermanshah

Mehrgan Zahmatkesh, Rasht

11.10.

Negin Abdolmaleki, 21, Hamedan

10.10.

Abolfazl Adinezadeh, Mashhad

Farzin Farrokhi, Saqqez

Omid Mahdavi, Teheran

Elaheh Sa’idi, Saqqez

9.10.

Nadia Arefani, Karaj

Arian Moridi, Salas-e Babajani

Esmail Dezvar, Saqqez

Seyyed Ahmad Shokrollahi, Isfahan

8.10.

Abolfazi Adinezadeh, 16, Maschhad

Daryoush Alizadeh, Sanandaj

Mohammad Amini, Sanandaj

Peyman Manbari, 29, Sanandaj

Mohsen Mousavi, 30, Teheran

Nagin Salehi, Teheran

Yahya Rahimi Sarab Shahraki, Sanandaj

Sopher Sharifi, Teheran

6.10.

Emad Heydari, 31, Ahvaz

Reza Bonyadi, Teheran

5.10.

Nima Shafagh Doust, 16, Urmia

3.10.

Mostafa Beriji, Zahedan

Arman Hassanzani, Zahedan

Mahmoud Hassanzani, Zahedan

Morteza Hassanzani, Zahedan

Zolfaghar Jan Hassanzani, Zahedan

Mohammad Mehrdadi, Teheran

2.10.

Jamal Abdol Naser Mohammad Hasani Barahui, Zahedan

Khodanur Lajai, Zahedan

Salman Maleki, 25, Zahedan

Saamer Hashemzehie, Zahedan

Ali Akbar Rabi’i, Isfahan

Mahuddin Shirouzehi, Zahedan

Arman Hassanzani, Zahedan

Mahmoud Hassanzani, Zahedan

Morteza Hassanzani, Zahedan

Zolfaghar Jan Hassanzani, Zahedan

1.10.

Ali Bani Assad, Ahvaz

Mokhtar Ahmadi, Marivan

Khodanour Laje’i

Ehsan Khan Mohammadi, Teheran

Pouya Rajab Nia, Babol

Mehrab Dolat Panah, Talesh

30.9.: Massaker von Zahedan

Esmail Abil

Mukhtar Ahmadi, Marivan

Abu Bakr Ali-Zehei

Lal Mohammad Alizehi

Ahmad Sarani Alizehi

Balal Anshini

Lal Mohammad Anshini

Mehdi Anshini

Musa Anshini

Suleiman Arab

Amin Goleh Bacheh

Amin Badr

Riassat Badel Balouch

Abdorrahman Balouchi

Abdolrahman Baluchikhah

Ali Barahouie, 14

Ali Akbar Barahui

Mohammad Barahui

Mahmoud Barahui

Abdulghafoor Noor Barahui

Zacharie Barahui

Abdol Samad Barahui-Aidouzehi

Mustafa Barichi, 24

Lal Mohammad Brahoui , 18

Abdul Ghafoor Dehmardeh

Mansour Dehmardeh

Musa Doveira

Mohammad Farough-Rakhsh

Mohammad Ali Gamshad-Zehei, 18

Mohammad Amin Gamshad-Zehei, 17

Mohsen Gamshad-Zehei

Salahuddin Gamshad-Zehei

Vahed Gamshad-Zehei

Saeed Gergige

Matin Ghanbarzehi, 13

Mohammad Ghaljei

Aminollah Ghaljaei

Ibrahim Gorgij

Matine Qanbar Zehi Gorgij

Amir Mohammad Gumshadzehi

Ali Akbar Halgheh-Begoush

Omran Hassanzehei

Vahid Hovat

Azizollah Kabdani

Sedis Keshani, 14

Azizullah Kubdani

Nematollah Kubdani

Mirshekari

Abubakr Nahtani

Musa Nahtani

Mohammad Eqbal Naib-Zehi

Hamid Narouei

Hamzeh Narouei

Mohammad Sediq Narouei

Younes Narouei

Abdollah Naroui

Ali Aqli Naroui

Rafi Naroui

Abdollah Naroui

Abdol Majid Naroui

Musa Dovira Narui, 18

Hasti Narui

Rafe Naroui, 23

Ali Agheli Narui,28

Abdol Vahid Tohid Nia

Javad Pousheh, 12

Aminullah Qoljai

Mohammad Qoljaei

Abdolmanan Rakhshani

Balal Rakhshani

Jalil Rakhshani

Mansour Rakhshani

Mohammad Rakhshani, 12

Heydar Narui Rashid

Abdol Majid Rigi

Behzad Rigi, 30

Mohammad Rigi

Gungo Zehi Rigi

Amir Hossein Mir Kazehi Riggi, 19

Hamid Reza Saneipour

Omid Safarzehi, 17

Omid Sarani, 12

Ahmad Sargolzaei

Abdolmalek Shahbakhsh

Abdullah Shahbakhsh

Ahmad Shahbakhsh

Danial Shahbakhsh

Daniel Shahbakhsh, 11

Farzad Shahbakhsh

Imran Shahbakhsh

Majid Shahbakhsh

Mohiuddin Shahbakhsh

Omran Shahbakhsh

Yaser Shahbakhsh

Abdol Khaleq Shahnavazi

Amir Hamzeh Shahnavazi

Mahmoud Shahnavazi

Mohammad Eghbal Shahnavazi, 16

Omar Shahnavazi

Omid Shahnavazi

Thamer Shahnavazi

Yaser Shahouzehi, 16

Jaber Shiroozehi, 12

Najm al-Din Tajik

Najmuddin Tajik

Abdol Samad Thabitizadeh

Abdul Wahid Tohidnia

Mohammad Reza Adib Toutazehi

Esmail Hossein Zahi

Hamid Isa Zehei

Jalil Mohammad Zehei

Majid Baloch Zehi

Mohammad Ali Esmail Zehi

Samer Hashem Zehie, 16

Gholam Nabi Noti Zehi

Abdol Jalil Qanbar Zehi

Khalil Qanbar Zehi

29.9.

Erfan Nazarbeigi, Teheran

28.9.

Samad Barginia, Piranshahr

Amir Mehdi Farrokhipour, 17, Teheran

Amir Reza Naderzadeh, Nowschahr

26.9.

Abdolsalam Ghader Galvani, 32, Oshnavieh

25.9.

Mohammad Jameh Bozorg, Karaj

Hamin Foulavand, Varamin

Nader Kokar, Rudsar

Milad Ostad-Hashem, 37, Teheran

Siavash Mahmoudi, 16, Teheran

24.9.

Mehdi Asgari, Garmsar

Mehrzad Avazpour, Nowschahr

Mohammad Hosseinikhah, Sari

Hossein Ali Kia Kanjouri, 23, Nowschahr

Mahmoud Keshvari, Karaj

Lina Namour, Teheran

Morteza Nowroozi, Langaroud

Mohammad Hossein Sarvari-Rad, Garmsar

23.9.

Ehsan Alibazi, 16, Shahr-e-Qods

Sarina Esmailzadeh, 16, Karaj

Hamid Fouladvand, Pakdasht

Alireza Hosseini, 26, Teheran

Seyyedeh Ameneh Vahdat Hosseini, Karaj

Javad Khansari, 36, Teheran

Hossein Morovati, Qarchak Varamin

Hediyeh Naeimani, Nowschahr

Pouya Ahmadpour Pasikhani, 17, Rasht

Ahmad Reza Qoliji, Hamedan

Parsa Rezadoust, 17, Hashtgerd

Mohammad Javad Zahedi, 16, Sari

22.9.

Kanaan Aghaei, 18, Karaj

Mehrdad Avazpour, Nowschahr

Pedram Azarnoush, 16, Dehdasht

Mehrdad Behnam-Asl, Dehdasht

Mohammad Reza Eskandari, 25, Pakdasht

Sasan Ghorbani, 32, Rezvan Shahr

Arvin Malamali Golzari, Fuladshahr

Esmail Heydari, Ardabil

Javad Heydari, 36, Qazvin

Mohammad Hossein-Khah, Mazandaran

Yaser Jafari, Ilam

Rouzbeh Khademi, 32, Karaj

Shirin Alizadeh Khansari, 35, Tschalus

Mehdi Leylazi, Karaj

Mohammad Rasoul Momenizadeh, Rasht

Mohsen Pazouki, Pakdasht Varamin

Maziar Salmanian, Rasht

Mohammad Reza Sarvari, 14, Shahr-e Ray

Setareh Tajik, 17, Teheran

Mohammad Amin Takoli, Teheran

21.9.

Matin Abdollahpour, 16, Urmia

Fereydoun Ahmadi, Saqqez

Roshana Ahmadi, Bukan

Mehdi Babr-Nejad, Gouchan

Amir Hossein Basati, 15, Kermanschah

Amir Bastami, Kermanschah

Ghazaleh Chalavi, 33, Amol

Abdolfazl Akbari Doust, Langarud

Mehdi Mohammad Fallah, 33, Amol

Mohammad Farmani, Shahr-e-Ray

Alireza Fathi, Sanfar

Amir Ali Fouladi, 16, Islamabad-e Gharb

Mohsen Geysari, 32, Ilam

Mehrdad Ghorbani, Zanjan

Milan Haghighi, 21, Oshnavieh

Saeed Iranmensh, Kerman

Yasin Jamalzadeh, 28, Rezvan Shahr

Erfan Khazaee, Shahriar

Hannaneh Kia, 22, Nowshahr

Mohsen Mohammadi Kochsaraei, Qaemchahr

Behnam Layeghpour, 37, Rascht

Sadreddin Litani, 27, Oshnavieh

Amir Hossein Mahdavi, Rasht

Mino Majidi, Qasr-e Schirin

Mohsen Mal Mir, Nowschahr

Amin M’arefat, 16, Oshnavieh

Abdolfazl Mehdipour, Babol

Mahsa Mogouei, 18, Fulad Shahr

Amir Mehdi Malak Mohammadi, Teheran

Iman Mohammadi, Islamabad-e Gharb

Saeid Mohammadi, 21, Islamabad-e Gharb

Abdollah Mohammadpour, 17, Urmia

Seyed Mehdi Mousavi, 15, Zanjan

Seyyed Sina Mousavi, Amol

Seyyed Abbas Mir-Mousavi, Langarud

Mahdi Mousavi Nikou, 16, Zanjan

Hadis Najafi, 22, Karaj

Mehrab Najafi, Zarinchahr

Amir Nowroz, 16, Bandar-e Anzali

Arash Pahlavan, 27, Machad

Danesh Rahnema, 25, Urmia

Parza Rezadoust, 17, Karaj

Erfan Rezaei, 21, Amol

Ali Mozaffari Salanghouch, 17, Gouchan

Mohammad Mam Saleh, Sardasht

Mohammed Reza Savari, 14, Haschtgerd

Amir Hossein Shams, Nowschahr

Pouya Sheida, Urmia

Morteza Soltanian, Esfahan

Mohammad Hassan Torkaman, 27, Babol

Mohammad Zamani, 16, Teheran

Mohammad Zarei, Qrachak

20.9.

Sasan Bagheri, Rezvanshahr

Farjad Darvishi, 23, Urmia

Zakaria Khayal, 16, Piranshahr

Erfan Khazaei, Zahedan

Farzin Lotfi, 35, Rezvan Shahr

Minoo Majidi, 62, Kermanschah

Diako Mehrnavaei, Bukan

Nika Shakarami, 17, Teheran

Reza Shahparnia, 20, Kermanschah

Abdolsamad Sabeti Zadeh , Zahedan

Milad Zare, 25, Babol

19.9.

Hajar Abbasi, ca. 70, Mahabad

Fardin Bakhtiari, Sanandaj

Iman Behzadpour, Sanandaj

Reza Lotfi, 25, Dehgolan

Aysan Madanpasand, Tabriz

Fereydoun Mahmoudi, 32, Saqqez

Mohsen Mohammadi, 28, Divandarreh

18.9.

Fouad Ghadimi, etwa 40, Divandarreh

16.9.

Mahsa Jina Amini, 22, Teheran

Unbekannter Todestag:

Saeid Iranmanesh, Kerman

Omid Safarzahi, 17

Afshin Shahamat, 16, Teheran

Jabir Shirouzahi, 12

Die Namen sind zusammengetragen v.a. aus folgenden Quellen:

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https://www.en-hrana.org/woman-life-freedom-comprehensive-report-of-20-days-of-protest-across-iran/?hilite=244+killed externer Link

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https://iran-hrm.com/2022/10/13/26-names-of-killed-children/ externer Link

https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/wie-iran-den-protest-bekaempft-die-blutspur-des-regimes-a-da6d644d-a42f-4271-8331-58cd291b460a externer Link

https://hengaw.net/en/news/16-kurdish-citizens-killed-in-the-protests-on-the-40th-day-death-anniversary-of-zhina-mahsa-amini externer Link

https://www.labournet.de/internationales/iran/lebensbedingungen-iran/liste-der-menschen-die-bei-den-protesten-im-iran-seit-16-september-2022-getoetet-wurden/

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BBC confirmed that the couple’s arrest came after they posted the video on social media.CBS News reported that the Iranian state media outlet Mizan claimed Haghighi and Ahmadi were not detained for dancing but for stoking resistance efforts in their Instagram posts by “encouraging people to riot against the country and subversion.”Mizan disputed the 10-year punishment and claimed the couple received a five-year prison sentence for publishing "a call for protests.""It is clear that anti-revolutionary forces have falsely reported the charges by claiming each were sentenced to 10 years," the Islamic Republic judiciary's Mizan news agency said, reported Reuters.“Astiazh Haghighi and Amir Mohammad Ahmadi had published a call for a rally on November 4 and called for riots on their Instagram pages,” Mizan’s statement reads, per CBS News. “During the riots, they used their page to advertise calls, including the call for November 4.”The couple was individually sentenced by a Tehran court to prison for 10 years and 6 months each, for a total of 21 years combined, on counts of “promotion of impurity and indecency, assembly and collusion against national security, and propaganda against the regime,” the Washington Post said Wednesday. The couple have also been banned from social media and are not allowed to leave the country for two years. While their profiles remain public, there have not been posts on Haghighi’s feed since Sept. 28, 2022. Ahmadi’s last post was at the beginning of September.Iranians have been protesting in growing numbers against the government’s theocratic rule, and authorities have been cracking down. Much of the public dissent was sparked last year by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who was arrested by Iran’s morality police for the improper wearing of a hijab. Amini died days later in their custody.Iranian officials have since arrested public figures who have spoken out against the government’s reaction to Amini’s death. This includes the arrests of prominent actor Taraneh Alidoosti and celebrity chef Navab Ebrahimi.Haghighi spoke out in support of Amini in September. In an Instagram post, she wrote, “Hoping tomorrow will be a better tomorrow. Let's hold each other's hands and support each other. We are all Iranians and we need to help each other.”

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A young couple in Iran have been jailed for more than 10 years each after a video on social media showed them dancing at one of Tehran’s main landmarks. Astiaj Haghighi and her fiancé Amir Mohammad Ahmadi were also banned from social activities on the internet and from leaving the country for two years. The Instagram users, both aged in their 20s, were arrested on 1 November after the video of…

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Iran : un couple condamné à dix ans de prison pour avoir dansé dans la rue

Astiyazh Haghighi et Amir Mohammad Ahmadi, un couple d’Iraniens d’une vingtaine d’années, ont été condamnés mardi 31 janvier à dix ans de prison après qu’une vidéo d’eux dansant romantiquement devant un monument de Téhéran est devenue virale sur les réseaux sociaux. Un nouvel acte de répression. Ce mardi, un tribunal iranien a condamné un jeune couple à plus de dix ans de prison pour avoir dansé…

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Iranian couple filmed dancing in Tehran jailed for 10½ years

Comment on this story Comment An Iranian couple have been jailed for more than 10 years each after a video of them dancing romantically near a Tehran monument was posted on social media, according to the activist news agency HRANA. Astiaj Haghighi and Amir Mohammad Ahmadi, popular Instagram influencers who are reportedly in their early 20s, were arrested by security forces at home in November,…

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Iranian couple filmed dancing in Tehran jailed for 10½ years

Comment on this story Comment An Iranian couple have been jailed for more than 10 years each after a video of them dancing romantically near a Tehran monument was posted on social media, according to the activist news agency HRANA. Astiaj Haghighi and Amir Mohammad Ahmadi, popular Instagram influencers who are reportedly in their early 20s, were arrested by security forces at home in November,…

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Iranian couple faces 10-year jail sentence for dancing in the streets

Iranian authorities reportedly handed down a 10-year jail sentence to a couple who were recorded dancing in the street. Astiyazh Haqiqi, 21, and her fiance Amir Mohammad Ahmadi, 22, posted a video of themselves dancing together in public in front of the Azadi Tower in Tehran – also known as the “Freedom Tower.” The court convicted them on charges of “encouraging corruption and public…

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ناپدید شدن [Disappearance] (Ali Asgari - 2017)

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Nasirian, Nasirpur, Ahmadi receive Davud Rashidi Awards

August 30, 2019 - 18:33

TEHRAN – Actors Ali Nasirian and Mahtab Nasirpur and writer Ahmadreza Ahmadi have each received one of the Davud Rashidi Awards, which are granted by late actor Davud Rashidi’s family to honor cultural figures with outstanding achievements.

The awards ceremony began with tributes to Hosseinali Tabatabai, the first manager of Tehran’s City Theater Complex, and recently-deceased actor Dariush Asadzadeh at the Abbas Kiarostami Hall of the Farabi Cinema Foundation on Thursday evening.

Actors Sirus Ebrahimzadeh and Fatemeh Motamed-Arya delivered speeches in praise of Rashidi who died in 2016, and the organizers also screened a video depicting the New York-based Iranian director, Amir Naderi.

“Davud Rashidi didn’t reach the position he deserved,” he said in the video. “He had to play in films he didn’t like, but he always read at nights and was always helpful.”

“I didn’t have the chance to work with him. Many people didn’t know him, but I had the chance to know him,” he noted.

The 79-year-old Persian poet, playwright and children’s book writer, Ahmadreza Ahmadi, was the first person called to the stage to receive his award.

In his short speech, Ahmadi expressed his thanks to his wife and doctor for the efforts they made to help him recover from a severe heart condition.

“As a result, I could write several books and I have recently begun to do paintings,” he said.

Nasirian received his award from Taraneh Alidoosti, the star of Asghar Farhadi’s Oscar-winning movie “The Salesman” who co-starred with him in director Hassan Fat’hi’s popular series, “Sharzad”.

“Davud Rashidi made a major impact on Iran’s theater and his directorial career was very different from the regular programs others pursued. I learned a lot from him and I’m very proud of meeting him and being his colleague,” Alidoosti said.  “I co-starred with Mr. Nasirian [in “Sharzad”], but I never had the courage to ask him if I could take a photo with him. Tonight, I want to do this.”

Nasirpur received the award from her husband, Mohammad Rahmanian, the director of the acclaimed movie “Bench Cinema” and play “The Horses”.

“I have worked with Mahtab Nasirpur for three decades and we have lived together for over two decades. She has been the motivation behind my works,” Rahmanian said before giving the award to Nasirpur.

Nasirpur thanked the organizers and said, “I also thank Mohammad Rahmanian for giving me a beautiful life.”

Photo: Actor Ali Nasirian (R) receives a Davud Rashidi Award from actress Taraneh Alidoosti at the Abbas Kiarostami Hall of the Farabi Cinema Foundation on August 29, 2019. (Mehr/Behnam Tofiqi)

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Olympic Tickets: Iran's Hadipour opts against ACL surgery to keep Olympic 2020 dream alive

Two-time World Taekwondo Championships medalist Armin Hadipour has suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) - but still plans to compete at the Olympic 2020 Olympics. The Tehran Times quotes Iran's coach Fariborz Askari as saying Hadipour will not undergo surgery in the hope of being able to take part at this year's Olympic 2020 Games.

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"Hadipour will miss the Olympics if he undergoes the surgery," said Askari.

After consulting with the doctors, we’ve decided to keep him fit for the Olympics without the surgery. Mohammad Bagheri Motamed won a silver medal at London 2012 under the same circumstances.

Hadipour won a bronze medal in the men's under-54-kilogram division at the 2019 World Championships in Manchester. Two years previous, at the World Championships in Muju, Hadipour won silver. The Tokyo 2020 Olympics appeared to be out of the question when Alizadeh first left Iran, but the Games' postponement has allowed enough time to make the move official.

Iran's team travelling to Sofia includes world silver medalists Armin Hadipour, Sajjad Mardani, Soroush Ahmadi and Mirhashem Hosseini, Asian Games silver medalist Amir Mohammad Bakhshi, and Mehran Barkhordari. Hadiour, who won bronze, and runner-up Ahmadi were among Iran's three medalists at the 2019 World championships.

Now 26, Hadipour also won three consecutive Universiade gold medals - at Gwangju 2015, Taipei 2017 and Naples 2019 - and was one of Iran's brightest medal hopes for Tokyo 2020 before news of this injury. Iran's taekwondo players have recently been training with their Bulgarian counterparts, ahead of travelling to Bulgaria for next month's Sofia Open.

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En Iran, un couple condamné à 10 ans de prison pour une danse

Publié le : 31/01/2023 – 11:07 La blogueuse iranienne Astiaj Haghighi et son compagnon Amir-Mohammad Ahmadi ont été condamnés, dimanche, à 10 ans et demi d’emprisonnement pour avoir dansé sur la place de la Liberté à Téhéran, en Iran.  Des amoureux qui dansent. Heureux. Cette scène, à la fois tendre et banale, immortalisée dans une vidéo publiée sur les réseaux sociaux en octobre dernier, n’a…