An indictment has been prepared for singer Mehdi Yarrahi, who protested the headscarf requirement in Iran.

The singer was arrested on 30 August on the charge of "publishing an illegal song" and sent to Evin Prison.

Yarrahi's lawyer, Mustafa Nili, announced that Yarrahi's indictment had been completed.

The Iranian pop singer was taken into custody after releasing a song called "Roosarito" (Your hijab) against the compulsory hijab.

The Iranian judiciary announced that it had launched an investigation against the singer on the grounds that he had "released an illegal song that went against the traditions and morals of Islamic society."

In the song, Yarrahi expressed his support for the social movement that started after the murder of a young Kurdish woman, Jina Amini, in September 2022. Amini was arrested by the morality police because “she was not wearing her headscarf properly”. She suffered torture and harassment at the hands of the security forces and died in police custody.