TEHRAN: Iranian pop singer Mehdi Yarrahi was freed on bail on Tuesday following his detention for releasing a song against compulsory headscarves, a newspaper in the Islamic republic reported.
The 41-year-old had been arrested in August on the orders of prosecutors in Tehran for distributing an “illegal song” that challenged “the morals and customs of Islamic society.”
“Mr Mehdi Yarrahi was freed on bail a few minutes ago from Evin prison” in Tehran, the Shargh newspaper reported on its website.
