Why this video has led to a 10-year prison sentence for young Iranian couple Astiyazh Haghighi and fiancé Amir Mohammad Ahmadi. Read more:
The couple were convicted of"encouraging corruption and public prostitution" as well as"gathering with the intention of disrupting national security".
Ms Haghighi did not wear a headscarf in defiance of the Islamic republic's strict rules for women, while women are also not allowed to dance in public in Iran, let alone with a man. HRANA cited sources close to their families as saying they had been deprived of lawyers during the court proceedings, while attempts to secure their release on bail have been rejected.
At least 14,000 people have been arrested, according to the United Nations, ranging from prominent celebrities, journalists and lawyers to ordinary people who took to the streets. It opened under the rule of the last shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in the early 1970s when it was known as the Shahyad Tower.Its architect, a member of the Bahai faith which is not recognised in today's Iran, now lives in exile.Australia imposes sanctions on Iranian officials
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