Footage of a road efficiency of The White Stripes’ 2003 traditional “Seven Nation Military” in Tehran, Iran, has gone viral — even catching the eye of Jack White himself.
Within the clip, uploaded to Instagram by journalist Afshin Ismaeli, a gaggle of women and men (principally not carrying hijabs) will be seen gathering on the sidewalk and dancing to the efficiency. Watch it beneath.
After the video went viral, it was reposted to Jack White and The White Stripes’ official Instagram accounts with the straightforward caption, “‘Seven Nation Military’ carried out within the streets of Tehran.” Within the feedback, an Iranian singer named Arshia claimed that his band was behind the efficiency.
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Because the 2022-2023 protests over the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody for allegedly violating Iran’s obligatory hijab legislation, the federal government underneath the present president, Masoud Pezeshkian, has voiced intentions to ease strict enforcement.
Particularly, Pezeshkian himself has said the morality police “weren’t speculated to confront” girls. In March 2025, nonetheless, the UN Human Rights Council reported that Iran “continues to ramp up efforts to limit the rights of girls and women,” regardless of such public assurances.
Towards that backdrop and amid the latest Iran-Israel conflict, the viral second serves as a welcome glimpse of pleasure and freedom by way of the facility of music.
