A man, who harassed a woman for singing in public, was schooled by a group of people present at the scene for unnecessarily trying to disturb peace in Iran.

In a video shared by Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad, a crowd was seen defending a woman who was harassed by a man for singing in public.

This verbal altercation took place in Iran. A morality police agent harassed a woman for singing. He told her singing is a sin for women.

Yet, ordinary Iranians got united to protect the woman & asked her to continue singing

Taliban has banned singing too#MyCameraIsMyWeapon pic.twitter.com/F56Hcawp2t

— Masih Alinejad (@AlinejadMasih) September 26, 2021

In the video, a woman was seen playing a guitar and singing in the street when a man approached her and stopped her from singing in public. While another woman, who was present at the scene, intervened and asked the man why women were not allowed to sing in public.

To this, the man replied, “It’s ‘haram’ (sin) for a woman to sing in public. You (to the woman who was singing in the street) keep singing but not in public.”

Following this, a crowd gathered at the scene and asked the man to focus on other problems in the country including robbery and embezzlement.

They then asked the woman to continue with her singing as they cheered for her.

Earlier, Taliban banned music and female voices on television and radio channels in Afghanistan’s Kandahar. This comes after some media outlets removed their female anchors after the Taliban took over Afghanistan on August 15. Local media in Kabul also reported that several women staff members were asked to return from their workplaces since the takeover.