Iran International:

Iranian authorities have ramped up an effort to control female singers, blocking Instagram accounts belonging to multiple artists in recent days under judiciary orders.

The latest to be affected is Golsa Rahim-Zamani, an Iranian singer known for sharing her performances online.

The Islamic Republic is a theocracy which bans women from singing in public and enforces the Islamic veil or hijab on women.

The social media accounts of two other singers, Rayhaanoo and Parisa Bagheri—who performs under the name Baby Drawgon—have also been taken down, with all content removed.

This comes as part of a broader effort to limit the visibility of women vocalists, whose performances have been banned in public settings since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

The latest wave of restrictions began with the arrest of singer and musician Hiwa Seyfizade on February 27.

According to social media reports, she was performing at a concert in central Tehran when plainclothes security forces interrupted the event and detained her.

Two days later, ISNA news agency reported that Seyfizade had been released on bail, but it remains unclear which security body was responsible for her arrest.

On March 2, the same day news emerged of her conditional release, Seyfizade’s Instagram page was blocked. The platform displayed a message indicating that the action had been taken by Iran’s cyber police.

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