it is titled roosarito , your headscarf and the song is criticising the hijab law. it was published in august last year, ahead of the anniversary of death in custody of the activist masha amini, after her arrest for allegedely not wearing the hijab. earlier, i spoke to parham ghobadi our persian correspondent about how significant he is and how his arrest is viewed in the country. he s a prominent iranian singer. but to just put it into a context for you, many iranian celebrities, including athletes, film stars, have been arrested in the past year for supporting the protests, only for posting a single story on their instagram account. now he lives in iran and he published a music video asking iranian women to remove their headscarf and untie their hair. and in the video inside the video, you can see women walking
let s turn to iran now where state media say a well known pop singer will face legal action, after releasing a music video encouraging women not to wear headscarves. mehdi yarrahi s video for roosarito or your headscarf expresses solidarity with the protest movement that erupted following the death in custody of mahsa amini. she d been arrested for not wearing a headscarf. dr sanam vakil, director of the middle east and north africa programme at the international affairs think tank chatham house, has explained why this song is so inflamatory. the song is seen to be very provocative, really, coming a year after protests in iran that have been driven by all segments of society, but you ve seen women under the banner of life, women and freedom take off their headscarves and this has been very challenging for the iranian government.
are now talking about the identity of that shooter who allegedly called law enforcement the gunman s parents called authorities saying they found a manifesto in his possessions. the police are investigating that. let s turn to iran now where state media say a well known pop singer will face legal action after releasing a music video encouraging women not to wear headscarves. mehdi yarrahi s video for roosarito or your headscarf expresses solidarity with the protest movement that erupted following the death in custody of mahsa amini. she d been arrested for not wearing a headscarf. let s speak to dr sanam vakil, director of the middle east and north africa programme at the international affairs think tank chatham house. welcome to the programme, what can you tell us about this song and why
park, in clay county, florida. to our knowledge, he had no criminal arrest history. and as i did say yesterday, he did have a baker act petition from 2017. this petition occurred in clay county, and it appears that the shooter was held for 72 hours under the baker act provisions, then released without further involuntary commitment. let s turn to iran now, where state media say a well known pop singer will face legal action, after releasing a music video encouraging women not to wear headscarves. mehdi yarrahi s video for roosarito or your headscarf expresses solidarity with the protest movement that erupted following the death in custody of mahsa amini. she d been arrested for not wearing a headscarf. dr sanam vakil director of the middle east and north africa programme at the international affairs think tank chatham house has explained why this song is so inflamatory. the song is seen to be very