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Iranian singer sentenced to prison, flogging, lawyer says

Iranian singer Mehdi Yarrahi is seen in a photo from his Instagram.

Singer Mehdi Yarrahi has been sentenced to two years and eight months in prison plus 74 lashes, his attorney Zahra Minoui said on Tuesday.

Yarrahi, 42, was arrested in August on multiple charges in connection with a song that criticized the mandatory wearing of a headscarf for women.

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