Thursday 27 November 2014

Video: Ha! Iranian woman filmed dancing wildly to Little Mix's 'Salute' on a Tehran tube train

Talk about guts this young woman sure has some!
I am still speechless....
A woman has protested against Iranian laws banning women from dancing and being seen without a veil in public - by recording herself doing both.
The unknown lady can be seen in the video dancing on the Tehran subway to Salute by British group Little Mix - a song encouraging women to stand up for themselves.
Defiance: The woman can be seen in the video dancing on the Tehran subway to Salute by Little Mix
In the act of defiance, the woman makes no attempt to hide her face - despite the laws over dancing and veil wearing - while other passengers watch her during the one-minute video.
The video was uploaded yesterday to the My Stealthy Freedom Facebook page - where Iranian women post photographs and videos of themselves without their hijabs in acts of defiance.
The one-minute clip on the Facebook group - which has more than 700,000 likes - has itself attracted about 25,000 likes, more than 3,000 comments and more than 8,000 shares.
Iran's president Hassan Rouhani has spoken in the past about the strict Islamic dress code, saying that he was against a clampdown on women wearing looser clothing in the hot summer months.
He said the ‘virtue’ of a woman who does not comply with clothing laws should not be questioned, adding that ‘many women in our society who do not respect our hijab laws are virtuous’. 
But conservative men and women have held demonstrations in Tehran demanding a tightening of Islamic rules on the hijab, urging the authorities to act on those not adhering to the dress code.
The song Salute was the third single released from Little Mix’s album of the same name, in May 2014, and spent 13 weeks in the UK chart - making it to number six.
The lyrics include the words: ‘Ladies all across the world / Listen up, we're looking for recruits / If you're with me, let me see your hands / Stand up and salute.’
Little Mix - who are Jade Thirlwall, Perrie Edwards, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, and Jesy Nelson - were formed on the eighth series of The X Factor in 2011 and were the first group to win the competition.
Watch:
Illegal in iran: In the act of defiance, the woman on the subway makes no attempt to hide her face
Statement: The song by the British pop group encourages women to stand up for themselves
Defiance: The woman can be seen in the video dancing on the Tehran subway to Salute by Little Mix
Popular: The one-minute video has attracted 25,000 likes, more than 3,000 comments and 8,000 shares

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