The influencer couple, who are in their early 20s, have been convicted of promoting indecency, colluding against national security, and producing propaganda against Iran's government.
Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume.Astiyazh Haghighi and Amir Mohammad Ahmadi shared this video of them dancing in front of the Azadi Tower in Tehran.abc.net.au/news/iranian-couple-sentenced-instagram-dancing-video-goes-viral/101916092An Iranian couple who filmed themselves dancing in front of Tehran's Azadi Tower and posted the footage to Instagram have each been sentenced to a total of 10 and a half years in prison.
Their sentences of 10 and a half years each are greater than the one handed down last month to a man who beheaded his wife The 16-second video, posted to Instagram in October, shows them dancing together in Tehran's Azadi Square at night, with the brightly lit Azadi Tower visible in the background.
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