Singer in Tehran arrested during live performance

A singer in Iran was arrested on charges of organizing an unlicensed concert and performing as the sole female singer in the presence of men, according to state media.

A singer in Iran was arrested on charges of organizing an unlicensed concert and performing as the sole female singer in the presence of men, according to state media.

A lawyer for Hiva Seyfizadeh told state media outlet Fars News Agency on Saturday that his “client and the rest of the group were released on bail today.”

“Only the concert organizer remains in custody,” the lawyer, Saeed Nemati, said.

Seyfizadeh, 27, was taken into custody last Thursday while performing at concert venue Emarat Rooberoo in the nation’s capital Tehran, according to Iran International, a Farsi-language news network based in Washington, D.C.

Responding to Seyfizadeh’s arrest, Ahmad Sadri — who heads the music office of the government’s Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance — said in an interview with Iranian state media ISNA this week that “the building, Emarat Rooberoo, is a multipurpose cultural and artistic institute.”

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