"It's A Crime To Be Happy In Iran"
That was @CHSommers' tweet of this article, about seven Iranians seen dancing to Pharrell Williams's hit song Happy in a video that went viral on the internet. From AFP/The Guardian:

The clip, recorded on a smartphone and uploaded multiple times on YouTube, shows three unveiled girls dancing and singing to the song in a room, on rooftops and in alleys with three young men.

For the defendants, the homemade video was merely an "excuse to be happy", but for the authorities it was "vulgar" breach of the Islamic republic's values. The video has had more than 1m views.

The seven were arrested in May and released on bail after appearing on state television and expressing remorse for appearing in the clip.

Their arrest triggered international fury and criticism in the media and online, with many Iranians expressing shock and some observers questioning whether it was a crime to be happy in Iran.

During their trial, the men were found guilty of the illegal distribution of a film and illicit relations, their lawyer Farshid Rofougaran said.

One female dancer was sentenced to a year in prison and 91 lashes for posting the footage online, while the five other dancers and the clip's director were sentenced to six-months and 91 lashes. All of the sentences were suspended for three years.

Rofougaran said he did not know whether his clients wished to appeal against the sentence.