Mixed-sex raves are illegal in Iran but they happen ... be dimmed and living rooms became dance floors. "I was the dancing star at every mehmooni [family party]," says Paramida, now a Berlin ...

A few young Iranian girls attempted to commit suicide after unknowingly being filmed dancing during a private party and discovering footage of their moves was being subsequently sold for titillation.

But the clip — later remixed with dance beats and shared millions of times as part of a viral Iranian dance craze — has apparently spooked Iranian authorities. According to media reports ...

Activities like this are prohibited in Iran. The arrest ... back on and we continued to dance until dawn. Raids and arrests never stopped us from going to the next party - it just made us more ...