The video reportedly got 30,000 views in four days before being taken down.
Iranian police arrested seven men and one woman Tuesday featured in a popular YouTube video of them dancing in Tehran to Pharell's song "Happy," and forced the arrested youth to appear on state TV for an interrogation, Bloomberg News reported.
In the footage, the arrested Iranians said they there were "tricked," and had made the video for private consumption, not intending for it to be publicly shared. A police officer in the footage criticized them for dancing in mixed company, which is against the law, and warned others against trying to achieve fame by doing the same. The woman is featured without wearing a veil, mandatory in Iran.
A shortened version of the TV broadcast was uploaded to YouTube with English subtitles.
The original video was posted last month, and had more than 30,000 hits in four days before being removed, according to Bloomberg News. After news of the arrest broke, Iranian social media users shared this version of the video.
Via youtube.com
