Iranian children arrested for teaching Zumba and 'western' dance

Six charged with dancing and failing to wear proper hijab after posting clips on social media, say Revolutionary Guards

Four boys and two girls have been arrested in Iran for teaching “western” dance moves including Zumba, a Colombian fitness routine, a Revolutionary Guards commander has said.

“The members of a network teaching and filming western dances have been identified and arrested,” Hamid Damghani, a commander in Shahroud, north-east Iran, was quoted by the news website Jamejam Online as saying.

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