Iran court jails dancing pair for 10 years

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Women are additionally precluded from public dancing and singing in Iran, especially in the company of a man.
44% : The couple was already popular on social networking sites in Iran at the time of the incident, and the video had been heralded as symbolic of the country's protest movement against the hijab and wider rights.
39% : The protests turned into a larger movement against oppression and the government in Tehran.
38% : A court in Iran gave a jail sentence of more than 10 years to a young couple that appeared in a viral video.
33% : Haghighi is now in Qarchak prison, a notorious women's prison outside Tehran.

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