The New Zealand Herald

No dancing

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Iran has detained a teenage girl who posted dance videos on Instagram and attracted tens of thousands of followers. State TV broadcast a video in which Maedeh Hojabri, 18-year-old gymnast, acknowledg­ed breaking moral norms while insisting that was not her intention, and that she was only trying to gain more followers. It was unclear whether her statement was made under duress. Shabooneh, a local news website, said Hojabri and three other individual­s were detained on similar charges in recent weeks before being released on bail. Iranian police have said they plan to shut down similar accounts on Instagram, and the judiciary is considerin­g blocking access to the site.

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