Selena Gomez has shared her solidarity with five “courageous” Iranian girls who were arrested for dancing to her song Calm Down.
The track, a collaboration between her and Nigerian rapper Rema, has been widely shared on social media with many fans posting videos of themselves dancing to the hit.
Last week, it was reported that five teenage girls were detained by Iran’s morality police after posting a clip of themselves wearing their hair down while performing a routine to the track to coincide with International Women’s Day.
The Islamic republic enforces strict laws regarding dancing, particularly for women and girls, as well as a requirment to wear a hijab.
The teenagers were arrested shortly after their video went viral when police located the tower block in Ekbatan, Tehran, where it was filmed.
As reported by Twitter account Shahrak Ekbatan, the…