Iran jails influencers for dancing

Two Iranian Instagram stars have been jailed for 10.5 years each after dancing in front of a national monument for the Iranian Revolution. The couple, Astiaj Haghighi and Amir Mohammad Ahmadi, were thought to have shown support for the recent women's right protest movement by dancing while the hair of Astiaj was uncovered.

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