China News Service, February 2. Recently, many Western media reported that an Iranian couple was sentenced to about 10 years in prison after releasing a video of them dancing in a square in Tehran, the capital of Iran.
In response to this news, the Iranian embassy in China issued a statement saying, "It's another rumor!"
Image source: Screenshot of CNN report
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), "Guardian", CNN and other foreign media successively reported on the so-called "Iranian couple sentenced to prison for dancing in public".
According to CNN, in a video widely circulated on social media, 21-year-old Iranian woman Astiyazh Haghighi dances with her fiancé Amir Mohammad Ahmadi in the square in front of the Freedom Memorial Tower in Tehran.
The BBC also stated that sources revealed that the couple were arrested after posting the video to their social accounts.
The total number of fans of the related account is close to 2 million.
Regarding Western media reports, the Iranian embassy in China issued a statement saying, "It's another rumor!" The Iranian embassy in China also stated that the two were sentenced not for dancing in public, but for inciting riots and endangering national security.
Image source: Screenshot of the Weibo of the Iranian Embassy in China
Second, after the riots broke out in Iran in 2022, the two used social media to publicly incite riots and subvert government activities.
Third, Iranian security personnel have repeatedly asked the two to stop their malicious activities, but they have always turned a deaf ear to them.
In November 2022, the two were arrested.
Fourth, after the trial by the court, the two were recently sentenced to 5 years in prison for crimes related to endangering national security.
The Iranian embassy in China finally commented that the "transferring" type of rumors is indeed the "traditional art" of some Western media.