Google Cloud Speech-to-Text API (Chirp) + Gemini 2.5 Flash Non-Thinking. Treat it as a searchable index of what was broadcast, not a quotation record.
00:22:27Oh, what
00:22:31a grain it burns then
00:22:34it wakes up our lips.
00:22:38Your head turns off your heart. I
00:22:42went to Jeddah without
00:22:45returning. They blackened
00:22:48the colors of the rainbow one by one.
00:22:51Where should we hide our love?
00:22:55Let's
00:22:58break the devil's heart and eyes.
00:23:00Let's
00:23:03see where the light passes through our chest.
00:23:06Believe me,
00:23:08I know
00:23:10very well,
00:23:12I know how
00:23:15kind you are.
00:23:19The redness of October, we are light
00:23:22against darkness. Woman, life,
00:23:26freedom.
00:23:31My right is my weapon. I resisted. I am
00:23:34above my wounds, my legs. I will not surrender, I will
00:23:38not accept, and for you, my country, I
00:23:41will not be
00:23:43a display of a concert by a female singer
00:23:47in the streets of Tehran has been a consequence
00:23:51of the US-Israel war with Iran, an act
00:23:54unprecedented in the Islamic Republic. In the last
00:23:58week of April, a video was circulated
00:24:01on social media in Iran showing a public performance
00:24:05of a concert by Julia Boutros, a Lebanese
00:24:08female singer, at a gathering of
00:24:11supporters of the Islamic Republic in Ferdows Garden in Tehran.
00:24:14The broadcast of this video comes at a time
00:24:17when female singers in Iran have always
00:24:21faced serious obstacles to performing their songs
00:24:24since the Islamic Revolution. In the law of
00:24:28the Islamic Republic, a woman's voice is not officially
00:24:32forbidden, but it has become more of a jurisprudential
00:24:35and political issue, and there are various jurisprudential
00:24:39fatwas. Some believe it is totally forbidden,
00:24:42or that if it does not incite, then a woman's voice
00:24:46is not forbidden. What food she eats on her lips.
00:24:53These restrictions have gone so far that they even
00:24:56apply to music for children. Solmaz Naraghi
00:24:59is a singer who mostly works in children's
00:25:02music. Perhaps the best
00:25:06example I can give you is the Tati Tati album
00:25:09itself, which contained songs I composed for my niece
00:25:13when she was born. I waited for 10 years
00:25:16to find a way to bypass this unfair and irrational law.
00:25:21And a law that in fact does not allow
00:25:25a woman's voice to be released as a solo
00:25:29and must always be approved by a male voice.
00:25:32When I posted my work on Instagram and
00:25:36it suddenly went viral, it attracted a large audience,
00:25:40and because of that, I was summoned to court twice
00:25:43for the impact I had on children, and probably because
00:25:47I performed some of my work without hijab, they accused me of various crimes,
00:25:50such as promoting corruption, indecency,
00:25:54and creating
00:25:56obscene content, which really cost
00:26:00me a lot. When I saw the accusations
00:26:03against me, I was really upset for a day. I was
00:26:07like someone who had been hit on the head. It seems
00:26:10the Islamic Republic's goal in displaying street concerts,
00:26:14especially a concert by a female singer, is to
00:26:18arouse patriotic feelings and attract a general audience,
00:26:21as well as to keep its supporters in the streets.
00:26:25This is a policy that has been announced
00:26:29and implemented as an official policy since the beginning
00:26:32of the war. They can use issues like
00:26:36a woman's voice or a woman's hijab in
00:26:39a dual way. For example, by showing a woman singing
00:26:43a song that affirms the values desired by the government,
00:26:47they show that a woman's voice is not forbidden and women
00:26:51can sing. Who says there is pressure on women's
00:26:54voices? And also, their own ideology
00:26:57is ultimately promoted and instilled.
00:28:33In addition, at the same time, another music video
00:28:36called "Take Me to Tehran" has been published and
00:28:40re-shared on the social media accounts of forces
00:28:43close to the Islamic Republic, which serves as an advertising
00:28:46platform for the Iranian government. In these accounts,
00:28:50the singing of this song has been attributed to Julia
00:28:53Boutros, but no trace of such a song can be
00:28:56found on her YouTube and Instagram
00:29:03channels. It was revealed that this work was created
00:29:06with artificial intelligence, and even the author of
00:29:10the work confirmed this. He probably thought
00:29:13this song was consistent with Julia's political views.
00:29:17However, no official reaction from Julia Boutros herself has been
00:29:21published confirming or denying this matter. In
00:29:24any case, investing in promotional activities and
00:29:28using singers and well-known figures
00:29:31has been common for promoting various political
00:29:35factions and governments. However, it seems
00:29:38that the Islamic Republic, in its current sensitive
00:29:42and critical situation, has been forced to
00:29:45ignore the restrictions and boundaries that it
00:29:49has imposed throughout its entire existence on women's
00:29:52voices.
00:30:23Our situation is warlike. If you betray your country
00:30:27by inviting the enemy and want to create insecurity,
00:30:30we will consider you an enemy.
00:30:33We will deal with them as we deal
00:30:36with the enemy. The Iranian police commander's
00:30:40warning for street protests says security forces
00:30:44are even more prepared than before the war.
00:30:46The security atmosphere in Saqqez on the anniversary of
00:30:50Mahsa Amini's death. Reports indicate the Iranian government's
00:30:53efforts to prevent the commemoration ceremony.
00:30:57We ask two injured people from the Woman, Life,
00:31:01Freedom protests what happened to them during this period.