American pop star Selena Gomez who become the first woman to hit 400 million followers on Instagram recently took to Instagram to hail the spirit of five young Iranian women. The women's video went viral earlier this month while dancing without headscarves to the 2022 global hit song ‘Calm Down.' It is sung by Nigerian Afrobeats singer and rapper Rema. The song features Gomez as well.
Gomez shared a reel of the viral video which was originally posted by a news website, 'Iran International English' with the caption, "This video of Iranian girls in Tehran’s Ekbatan neighborhood dancing unveiled to the song 'Calm Down' by Rema and Selena Gomez has gone viral. Women are banned from dancing in public in Iran." and was reshared by Rema.
Rema captioned the post as, "“To all the beautiful women who are fighting for a better world, I’m inspired by you, I sing for you and I dream with you."
WATCH the video below:
Selena shared the video on her Instagram story and wrote, “To these young women and all the women of Iran who continue to be courageous, demanding fundamental changes, please know your strength is inspiring."
See Selena's Instagram story in response to the video below:
Read the reactions of the Twitter users to the video below:
In Iran, women are banned from dancing in public. They also, need to wear the headscarf and artists can be charged with acts of ‘immorality’ for showing defiance to the Islamic laws.
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