Hijab law: As more and more women continue to defy the Iran’s mandatory dress code, judiciary chief has warned they will prosecute “without mercy” women who appear in public without the hijab.
Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei said, “Unveiling is tantamount to enmity with (our) values. Those who commit such anomalous acts will be punished” and will be “prosecuted without mercy,” according to Iranian media.
Mandatory hijab law
The warning reflects the government’s mandatory hijab law being strengthened by Iran’s interior ministry.
The hijab is “one of the civilisational foundations of the Iranian nation” and “one of the practical principles of the Islamic Republic,” the interior ministry statement said. It asserted that there would be no “retreat or tolerance” on the issue.
Law enforcement officers were “obliged to refer obvious crimes and any kind of abnormality that is against the religious law and occurs in public to judicial authorities”, Iran’s judiciary chief said.
Mahsa Amini death in police custody
The death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of the morality police in September 2022 triggered countrywide protests. Several Iranian women have chosen not to wear the hijab in public. Mahsa Amini was held for allegedly disobeying the hijab law.
Many photos and videos have emerged on social media of women defying the morality police by not wearing a hijab. Women in Iran are mandated to cover their hair with hijab. Infringements have resulted in public condemnation, penalties, or arrest.
Meanwhile, in a bizarre case, a man violently threw yogurt on faces of two women in shop in Shandiz because one of them was not wearing hijab.
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