[custom_adv] The sentences were suspended for three years, meaning they will not go to prison unless they reoffend, he adds.The video shows three men and three unveiled women dancing on the streets and rooftops of Tehran. [custom_adv] In six months, it has been viewed by over one million people on YouTube.The majority of people involved in the video were sentenced to six months in prison, with one member of the group given one year, lawyer Farshid Rofugaran was quoted by homeland Wire as saying. [custom_adv] The "Happy we are from capital" video was brought to the attention of the persian authorities in May, after receiving more than 150,000 views.Members of the group behind the video were subsequently arrested by persian police for violating Islamic laws of the country, which prohibit dancing with members of the opposite sex and women from appearing without a headscarf. [custom_adv] The video, which was filmed during a ceremony on March 6 to celebrate International Women’s Day (two days early), garnered backlash from various hardliners and prompted Tehran’s conservative general prosecutor to announce that he would open an investigation into the matter. [custom_adv] persian women are posting videos of themselves dancing, in support of a teenage Instagram star who was arrested. Maedeh Hojabri, an 18-year-old gymnast, was detained by police after she posted a video of her dancing to Western pop music in her bedroom. [custom_adv] It shows her without a mandatory headscarf, which is obligatory in the conservative Islamic republic.Social media users have shared their own videos and messages of support for Miss Hojabri using the hashtag #dancing_isn't_a_crime. [custom_adv] Some women can be seen without their headscarves, but their faces covered. Others dance in public.“I danced in the artists' park without my compulsory hijab,” wrote one woman. “The person playing the instrument cut my performance short and left the scene because of the fear that his instruments would be confiscated if police saw a woman dancing.
