News Center- Mehdi Yarrahi, an Iranian singer and musician known for his song encouraging women to remove their hijabs, was lashed 74 times as part of his punishment for supporting the protests that swept the country, his lawyer, Zahra Minoui, said Wednesday.

“The execution of Mehdi Yarrahi’s flogging sentence is revenge for his support for the women of Iran,” Nobel peace prize laureate Narges Mohammadi wrote Wednesday on social media platform X. “The flogging on Mehdi’s body is a whip on the proud, resistant women of Iran and the flourishing and powerful soul of the ‘Women, Life, Freedom’ movement.”

In August 2023, Mehdi Yarrahi, 42, was arrested after releasing a song that praised women who rejected the mandatory hijab rule. He was sentenced by the Tehran Revolutionary Court to two years and eight months in prison, as well as 74 floggings. He eventually served one year of his sentence.

“The punishment was fully and completely implemented,” said Zahra Minoui.