Iran couple reportedly sentenced to decade in prison after posting dance video on Instagram
CBSN
A young couple have been sentenced by an Iranian court to more than a decade in prison each after posting a video of themselves dancing in front of a major Tehran landmark, according to a U.S.-based human rights group and Britain's BBC News.
The Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) said Iranian security forces "violently" arrested Astiyazh Haghighi, 21, and her fiancé Amir Ahmadi, 22, at their home in Tehran on Nov. 1, 2022, soon after they published a video on social media showing them dancing in a city square with the Azadi (Freedom) Monument in the background.
HRANA said a court in Tehran handed them both prison sentences of 10 years and six months after convicting them on charges including "encouraging corruption and public prostitution," and "gathering with the intention of disrupting national security."
