Massoud Pezeshkian, President of Iran, vetoed the headscarf law passed by parliament on Sunday and called in the National Security Council. Pezeshkian fears new unrest.
According to a report in the daily ‘Hamshahri’, presidential advisor Ali Rabiei justified the move with the social impact the law could have.
The Council is the Islamic Republic’s highest decision-making body in security matters. Pezeshkian hopes the law there will be at least partially revised.
There are severe penalties, no exceptions for celebrities
The headscarf law passed by Islamic hardliners in parliament provides, among other things, for heavy fines or denial of public services to women who do not comply with the headscarf requirement. Celebrities should be punished particularly severely: they face professional and travel bans and the confiscation of up to five percent of their assets.
The law is now on hold for the time being
After intense criticism in the country, including within the government, the implementation of the law was temporarily suspended. Pezeshkian is also against the law because he fears not only social resistance, but also new unrest.
Power struggle between hardliners and moderates
Observers also see the dispute over the law as a power struggle between hardliners and moderates and, as a result, a serious challenge for Pezeshkian. If he cannot hold his own against the hardliners, the continuation of the moderate course he promised during the election campaign would also be in jeopardy.
Mass protests for ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’
Many women in Iran’s major cities no longer adhere to strict Islamic dress codes in protest. The trend followed the mass protests in the autumn of 2022 under the motto ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’.
Source: Krone
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