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Footloose 2 - Iranian Boogooloo
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An Iranian court has handed jail sentences of more than 10 years each to a young couple who danced in front of one of Tehran's main landmarks in a video seen as a symbol of defiance against the regime, activists have said.
Astiyazh Haghighi and her fiance, Amir Mohammad Ahmadi, both in their early 20s, were arrested in early November after a video went viral showing them dancing romantically in front of the Azadi Tower.
A revolutionary court in Tehran sentenced them each to 10 years and six months in prison, as well as imposing bans on using the internet and leaving Iran, the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency said.


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truly disgusting regime >

I'm not sure if this is meant to be in jest, but in case it's not, this is a completely false equivalence. This is a fairly isolated incident whereas 10 years of jail time for dancing in public is pretty much par for the course in Iran. >

They're both so young and they're going to spend the best years of their lives in a fucking Iranian prison. >

And from what we’ve heard about Iranian prisons I worry for them >

To be fair there’s very few countries prisons that I’ve heard rave reviews of. >

I’ve heard Norwegian prisons are fairly nice. Comparatively of course. >

Can't think of anything more meaningless then locking them up >

What a stupid fucking place to live >

Nothing says "shithole" like a government arresting people for harmlessly enjoying themselves. 
The people of Iran deserve soooooo much better. >

It's amazing how much of cowardly snowflakes authoritarians are. >

Religion,  a continuing scourge on humankind. >

It’s not about religion or dancing. It’s dictators not tolerating criticism. You see it in all authoritarian countries.

who danced in front of one of Tehran’s main landmarks in a video seen as a symbol of defiance against the regime >

You're  kidding right? >

Why would I be kidding? Many laws in Iran are selectively enforced / vaguely worded / open to interpretation and only the regime’s critics are harshly punished. It’s ultimately about control. >

Yeah and how do you think they enforce that control? With religion. By making then think they will got to hell if they don't listen.b
It's way harder to control an authoritarian country without religion. >

I keep forgetting how religious the CCP are. >

I said it's harder,  not Impossible.  You can run through fear. The ccp run with a mix of fear and also ever going improvment on the quality of life of like 99% of the population. 
But without the force or the good condition. >

Kevin Bacon needs to do an intervention in Iran...