Iran slaps couple with 10-year prison sentences for dancing in public

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55% : Amir Ahmadi catches his fiancee Astiyazh Haghighi as they perform a romantic dance in Tehran which went viral on social media
49% : Astiyazh Haghighi and her fiance Amir Mohammad Ahmadi, both in their early 20s, were arrested late last year after they posted a video of them dancing in front of Tehran's Azadi TowerIran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has launched a ruthless crackdown on all forms of dissent against the regimeREAD MORE: 'Do not play with Muslims': Iran warns the French they could face the same fate as Salman Rushdie after Charlie Hebdo magazine mocks Ayatollah Khamenei with spoof cartoonsAdvertisement
46% : Astiyazh Haghighi and her fiance Amir Mohammad Ahmadi, both in their early 20s, had been arrested in early November after a video went viral of them dancing romantically in front of the Azadi Tower in Tehran.
43% : 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.
43% : At least 14,000 people have been arrested since the death of Amini in connection with the protests, according to the United Nations, ranging from prominent celebrities, journalists and lawyers to ordinary people who took to the streets.
35% : The condemned couple, who already had a following in Tehran as popular Instagram bloggers, were convicted of 'encouraging corruption and public prostitution' as well as 'gathering with the intention of disrupting national security' according to HRANA.
33% :Earlier this month, Iran executed former karate champion Mohammad Mehdi Karami and volunteer children's coach Seyed Mohammad Hosseini, who allegedly killed a paramilitary volunteer.
32% : It said Haghighi is now in the notorious Qarchak prison for women outside Tehran, whose conditions are regularly condemned by activists.
32% : The Azadi (Freedom) tower is illuminated in the Iranian capital, TehranHuge protests have rocked Iran since the death in custody of Mahsa Amini in September
23% : A revolutionary court in Tehran sentenced them each to 10 years and six months in prison, as well as bans on using the Internet and leaving Iran, the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) said.

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