Mehdi Yarrahi, an Iranian musician known for protest songs that call out his country’s strict dress codes for women, was given 74 lashes as part of a punishment. His lawyer, Zahra Minuei, confirmed in ...

Pop singer Mehdi Yarrahi has been given 74 lashes for a song criticizing Iran's mandatory dress code for women, ending a criminal case against him that also included a prison term. His lawyer, Zahra ...

Prominent Iranian pop singer Mehdi Yarrahi has been arrested following the release of an "illegal" song urging women to remove their mandatory head scarves as officials continue to clamp down on ...

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 ...

Ghazal maestro Mehdi Hassan passed away in a Karachi hospital on Wednesday. He was 85. He was suffering from health problems, said doctors. The Pakistani ghazal singer, who was equally popular in ...

ISLAMABAD – Mehdi Hassan, a Pakistani singer loved by millions across South Asia, has died after a protracted illness. He was 85. Hassan's son Asif Mehdi says his father died Wednesday. He was ill and ...

ISLAMABADISLAMABAD — Mehdi Hassan, a Pakistani singer loved by millions across South Asia, has died after a protracted illness. He was 85. Hassan’s son Asif Mehdi says his father died Wednesday. He ...