Selena Gomez’s Track Calm Down’s TikTok Dance Leads To Iranian Girls Getting Arrested, Forced To Record An Apology Video With Their Heads Covered?

With the rise of Tiktok and Instagram, the sight of five girls dancing to Selena Gomez’s tracks in public is normal, but not in Iran. In Iran, where it is illegal for women to dance in public and wearing a hijab is compulsory, five girls grooving to the track was opposed to the extent that they were detained. Read further to know what happened.

The anti-hijab protest in Iran escalated last year following the suspicious death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was taken into police custody for not wearing a hijab. As a result, women took to the streets to protest against the hijab compulsion and also burnt their hair. However, they did not succeed, as many lost their lives while tens of thousands were arrested. Moreover, the Iranian government used internet blackouts and other means to stop the protest.

Now, a video of five Iranian girls dancing to the track Calm Down by Nigerian singer, Rema, and Selena Gomez is going viral on social media. The group wore crop tops on pyjamas and none tied a hijab on their heads, which was taken as a violation. According to the Italian newspaper la Repubblica, the girls recorded the video on March 8, on the occasion of International Women’s Day in a block in the suburbian region of Tehran, Iran.