In Iran, authorities on Saturday ordered the arrest of two women for committing a “forbidden act” by removing their headscarves. A man allegedly assaulted her for not wearing a hat, which in turn earned him an arrest warrant for “insulting and disruptive order”.
Video of the alleged attack had spread across online networks. The images show how two customers in a store do not wear the required headgear and are attacked by a man after an argument. The video shows the man tipping a mug apparently filled with yogurt over the women’s heads before the shop owner confronts him.
Persecution “without mercy”
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on state television on Saturday that the headscarf is a legal requirement in the Islamic Republic. Meanwhile, the head of the judiciary of the Islamic Republic, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, threatened all Iranian women without headscarves with brutal persecution. “Removing the veil amounts to hostility to (our) values,” said the chief justice. Those “who commit such abnormal acts shall be punished” and “persecuted without mercy”.
Ejei left open what punishments the women should take into account. The demonstrative refraining from wearing a headscarf that covers one’s hair has become a central symbol of opposition to the government in Tehran. The protests, which have been going on for months, were triggered by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died in police custody in mid-September. The vice police arrested her for wearing her headscarf incorrectly. In addition to participating in protest rallies, more and more Iranian women are publicly demonstrating their rejection of the government by not wearing a headscarf.
confront women
Last Thursday, the Interior Ministry described the headscarf as “one of the foundations of civilization of the Iranian nation” and called on civilians to confront unveiled women. Under Islamic Sharia, introduced in 1979, women are required to cover their hair and wear long, loose-fitting clothing to conceal their figure. Violators risk fines or arrest.
Source: Krone
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