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Source: http://jcpa.org/dance-at-home-and-face-the-wrath-of-the-ayatollahs/
Iran Teen Arrested for Dancing at Home and Posting the Video on Instagram
(Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Iran Desk - Maedeh Hojabri, 17, from Tehran, has more than 600,000 followers on Instagram. She incurred the wrath of the Iranian regime when she danced alone in front of her bedroom mirror and then posted the video. She was arrested, and her tear-filled apology was broadcast on national TV together with the "confessions" and apologies of another three young people - two girls and a boy - who were also arrested for posting their dances on the Internet. This led to a huge of wave of protests against the broadcasting authority in particular, and the regime in general. Men and women of all ages posted videos of themselves dancing on social media in protest against the arrest of Maedeh and to show the government that they also dance in their homes. The Iranian people are dealing with a devaluation of over 50% in the worth of personal property because of a loss of more than 100% in the value of the Iranian rial in the past three months. Iranian social media report that several senior government officials are busy smuggling more than $42 billion in foreign currency abroad, as well as tens of millions of dollars in gold, out of fear that the regime will fall.