Rock singer, Matin 2 Hanjare, Detained By Iranian Officials

Iranian police arrested pop singer Mehdi Yarrahi on Monday for releasing a song against women’s compulsory wearing of the headscarf, the judiciary said. A day earlier, the judiciary’s Mizan Online website announced that a “legal case” had been filed against Yarrahi “following the release of an illegal song which defies the morals and customs of the Islamic society.” The singer has now been “arrested by order of the Tehran prosecutor,” Mizan Online said on Monday.