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Two young women were detained by police in Iran for posting a video of themselves dancing.
The viral Instagram post features the two girls, who appear to be teenagers, purportedly dancing at the Monument to the Unknown Martyrs of the Sacred Defence war memorial in Tehran.
The monument was built by Italian architect Marcello D'Olivo and honours those killed in the Iran-Iraq War that raged between 1980 and 1982
Both of the women are wearing jeans, with one wearing a knitted jumper and the other a blue top covered by a cardigan.
Iranian authorities have said the girls' outfits were 'inappropriate' and both girls have had their Instagram accounts blocked, according to Iran International.
Dancing has been forbidden until Iranian law since the Islamic Revolution in 1979 when the secular monarchy in Iran was overthrown and replaced by the theocratic rule of the cleric Ayatollah Khomeini, who died in 1989. He was succeeded after his death in 1989 by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has served as Supreme Leader of Iran for the 35 years since.
It is not yet clear what the two girls punishment will be, but according Article 637 of the Iranian Penal Code, dancing in public whether by women or men is considered a 'crime against public modesty' and can be sentenced to flogging - specified by law as 99 lashes.
But the two girls are far from the first to fall foul of Iran's anti-dancing legislation.
The two young women were arrested for doing an Instagram dance together, purportedly at a war memorial
Dancing has been illegal in Iran since 1979 when the hardline cleric Ayatollah Ruhollah Khamenei came to power - he was succeeded after his death in 1989 by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has served as Supreme Leader of Iran for the 35 years since
The viral Instagram post features the two girls, who appear to be teenagers, purportedly dancing at the Monument to the Unknown Martyrs of the Sacred Defence war memorial in Tehran.
The monument was built by Italian architect Marcello D'Olivo and honours those killed in the Iran-Iraq War that raged between 1980 and 1982
Both of the women are wearing jeans, with one wearing a knitted jumper and the other a blue top covered by a cardigan.
Iranian authorities have said the girls' outfits were 'inappropriate' and both girls have had their Instagram accounts blocked, according to Iran International.
Dancing has been forbidden until Iranian law since the Islamic Revolution in 1979 when the secular monarchy in Iran was overthrown and replaced by the theocratic rule of the cleric Ayatollah Khomeini, who died in 1989. He was succeeded after his death in 1989 by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has served as Supreme Leader of Iran for the 35 years since.
It is not yet clear what the two girls punishment will be, but according Article 637 of the Iranian Penal Code, dancing in public whether by women or men is considered a 'crime against public modesty' and can be sentenced to flogging - specified by law as 99 lashes.
But the two girls are far from the first to fall foul of Iran's anti-dancing legislation.
The two young women were arrested for doing an Instagram dance together, purportedly at a war memorial
Dancing has been illegal in Iran since 1979 when the hardline cleric Ayatollah Ruhollah Khamenei came to power - he was succeeded after his death in 1989 by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has served as Supreme Leader of Iran for the 35 years since
