Viral Iran Dance Video Inspires Imitators To Defy Regime

By Ray Furlong & Golnaz Esfandiari

Source: Radio Farda (RFE/RL)

Five Tehran girls were reported to have voiced contrition after posting a dance video that went viral among Iranian social media users. It’s illegal for women to dance in public in Iran, but the video has inspired others across the country to post similar videos with the same song in a potentially dangerous act of open defiance toward the regime.