May 21, 2014--Six young people who were arrested in Iran for dancing in a YouTube video to Pharrell Williams' song "Happy" have been freed according to the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. The director of the video, however, has not been freed.
According to the Iranian Students' News Agency, Tehran Police Chief Hossein Sajedinia ordered the arrests of the three men and three women for helping to make an "obscene video clip that offended the public morals and was released in cyberspace". Authorities forced the young people to repent on State TV.
Yep, that's obscene all right. Boys and girls together. Girls not properly chaperoned by a male relative. Girls with their heads uncovered. And they're dancing. Together. Such sexual innuendo in those hip shakes. AND THEY ARE HAVING FUN!!!
Sounding pretty familiar isn't it?
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani reaction echoes that of the Dianne Wiest character in the this film:"Happiness is our people's right. We shouldn't be too hard on behaviors caused by joy".
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