Iran Protests: Iranian women are forming a unified front against the regime despite resistance from Islamic clerics as protests over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini intensify. Videos of women battling clerics who demand they wear the hijab in public spaces have surfaced after the daring act of knocking the turbans off the clerics’ heads and fleeing.
A woman can be heard requesting a cleric to “mind his own business” in a viral video as he instructs her to “dress properly.” In another, a woman is overheard being told by a cleric to wear a headscarf; she responds, “I don’t want to, you stupid man,” and then leaves.
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The death of a 22-year-old woman after her arrest by the nation’s morality police ignited protests in Iran, which have now evolved into one of the most significant persistent challenges to theocracy since the immediate aftermath of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
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This is my nation
“This is my nation. You cannot dictate to me whether or not I may wear a hijab “Another viral video had a young woman speaking to a preacher.
“If you don’t like the compulsory veil, go live with Masih Alinejad in England,” the priest replies. The woman reminds the preacher that she is from the United States, not England.
Masih Alinejad is an Iranian activist and dissident who fled Iran after the 2009 election and now lives in exile in the US.
“I won’t live abroad. I want to be like this in my own homeland. I want to live free in my own homeland,” a second woman is heard speaking to a priest.
Pack your bags and head out.
Another Iranian woman begs a preacher to pack his bags and depart in a train station video clip because she won’t wear a headscarf.
“Enough of you clerics. Pack your bags and go. No one can say what I can and can’t wear. You have ruined this country,” as cheers envelop her, the woman speaks.
“If you are aroused by a woman’s hair, then you are the problem. You have ruined the country for 40 years. Pack your suitcases,” another woman responds to a cleric’s request for her to cover her hair.
After the authorities allegedly killed hundreds of protestors, taking off the turbans and publicly criticizing clergy has become a form of protest. According to The Daily Telegraph, some clerics have even been forced to refrain from wearing their turbans and cloaks in public out of fear of being harassed.
According to Human Rights Activists in Iran, a group that has been keeping track of the protests for the past 54 days, at least 328 people have died and 14,825 more have been detained in the turmoil.
While official media falsely reports that security forces have not killed anyone, Iran’s leadership has been mum for weeks over casualty totals.
Despite government efforts to censor the internet, Iranian online footage appeared to show protests in Tehran, the country’s capital, as well as other cities. Tear gas clouds were visible on video close to Isfahan. “Death to the Dictator” cries could be heard, which were a common refrain during the demonstrations against Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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