Iran police arrest 6 for ‘Happy’ video

Iranian police arrested at least six people on Monday, May 19 for participating in a video that shows them dancing to Pharrell Williams’ ‘Happy’ song. Mashable reports that the police tracked down the identities of six alleged actors who were misled into appearing in the video, which has since gone viral. The three women in the video did not wear the hijab, as required by Iran’s Islamic law. The video also showed men and women dancing together, a no-no in Iran. Police issued a public message to Iranian youth not to associate with ‘actors and singers’ like the people who appeared in the video.

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