Six Iranians appear in a "Happy in Tehran" video dancing to the Pharell Williams song "Happy."The six were later arrested and forced to repent for making the "obscene" video./ Seven young Iranians, whose video showing six of them dancing to the Pharrell Williams' hit "Happy" went viral in May, ...
An Iranian policewoman (centre) looks on from the back of a police vehicle before the start of a crackdown to enforce Islamic dress code in Tehran on July 23, 2007 (AFP Photo/Behrouz Mehri)/ Tehran (AFP) - Seven young Iranians featured dancing to Pharrell Williams' hit "Happy" in a video that ...
A young woman dances to Pharrell Williams' hit song "Happy" in a video posted online. Iran arrested three men and three women who featured in the video for violating the nation's Islamic laws./ Lawyer Farshid Rofugaran said Friday the seven have been sentenced to six months in jail and 91 lashes ...
Six young Iranians were handed suspended sentences of 91 lashes and six months in prison for obscene behaviour for creating a singalong video to Pharrell Williams’s hit song, “Happy” featuring unveiled Iranian women. The sentences were announced on Wednesday. According to The International ...
Iran's latest crackdown on freedom includes lashes and prison for seven young adults who posted a video of themselves dancing to the American pop hit "Happy" and a death sentence for a blogger accused of insulting Prophet Muhammad. The seven men and women were arrested in May, but then released ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A defense lawyer in Iran says six young Iranian men and women videotaped dancing to Pharrell Williams' "Happy" and the video's director have been sentenced to suspended jail terms and lashes. Lawyer Farshid Rofugaran said Friday the seven have been sentenced to six months in ...
website/ Kurdish Peshmerga female soldiers train before being deployed to fight Islamic State militants./ (Reuters) - Six Iranians arrested for appearing in a video singing along to the American pop song "Happy" were given suspended sentences of 91 lashes and six months in prison for obscene ...
Six Iranians who were arrested after making a dance video set to Pharrell Williams' song "Happy" received suspended sentences of six months in prison and 91 lashes, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said Thursday, citing sources close to the accused. Another person involved in ...
Six Iranians arrested for appearing in a video singing along to the American pop song "Happy" were given suspended sentences of 91 lashes and six months in prison for obscene behavior, a news website on Thursday quoted their lawyer as saying./ Another defendant who faced 'heavier charges' in ...
Six Iranians arrested for appearing in a video singing along to the American pop song "Happy" were given suspended sentences of 91 lashes and six months in prison for obscene behavior, a news website on Thursday quoted their lawyer as saying. Another defendant who faced 'heavier charges' in ...
Saturday, September 20, 2014, 19:03 [IST]/ Tehran, Sept 20: The seven Iranian youths, whose video of Pharrell Williams 'Happy Song' went viral a few months ago were given suspended jail and lashing sentences, said a lawyer on Friday. The video was recorded on a smartphone and uploaded multiple ...
Parents of freed Russian-Israeli hostage tell BBC his return was a "miracle"/ "They were forced to speak in a whisper," says Michael Kozlov, whose son was one of four hostages dramatically rescued by Israeli special forces from Hamas captivity in central Gaza on Saturday. For the parents of ...
University of Pennsylvania athlete Lia Thomas prepares for the 500 meter freestyle event at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, March 17, 2022, at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas failed in her challenge against rules that stop her competing in elite women’s races ...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke after discussing Hamas's response with Qatar's prime minister in Doha/ US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Hamas has proposed "numerous changes" to a US-backed plan for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, which currently hangs in the ...
Pictures from the scene show the fire-damaged building/ At least 35 people have been killed in a fire at a residential building in the Kuwaiti city of Mangaf, the interior ministry says. Video shared on social media showed flames engulfing the lower part of the building and thick black smoke ...
run authorities in Gaza say dozens of homes were damaged during the operation/ The UN human rights office says it is “profoundly shocked” at the impact on civilians of the Israeli operation in central Gaza that rescued four hostages held by Hamas. Palestinian health officials said hundreds of ...
Roquel Payton, from left, Alexander Morris, and Ronnie McNeir of the Four Tops perform at the All In Music & Arts Festival in Indianapolis on Sept. 3, 2022. Morris filed a lawsuit Monday against Ascension Macomb-Oakland Hospital in Warren, Mich. He is claiming racial discrimination and other ...
After deliberating for approximately three hours spread over two days, jurors in Wilmington, Delaware, reached a guilty verdict against The charges stemmed from his 2018 purchase of a firearm, wherein he was accused of falsely denying drug use on his application and unlawfully possessing the ...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A big, round, 4,000-year-old stone building discovered on a Cretan hilltop is puzzling archaeologists and threatening to disrupt a major airport project on the Greek tourist island. Greece's Culture Ministry said Tuesday that the structure is a “unique and extremely ...
The US is pushing for Israel and Hamas to reach a ceasefire deal/ US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has "reaffirmed his commitment" to a Gaza ceasefire plan, and that if it does not progress Hamas will be to blame. Mr Blinken reiterated his ...
The boat capsized off waters near Yemen's port city of Aden (file photo from 2019)/ At least 49 people from the Horn of Africa have died after their boat capsized off the coast of Yemen, according to the UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM). Among the dead were six children and 31 ...