Watch what happens to women in Iran who refuse to cover their hair in public June 18, 2025 by BareNakedIslam9 Comments They are subjected to physical abuse by Iran’s so-called “morality police” and are imprisoned, tortured, or worse. “In response, they are resuming their failing strategy of enforcing repressive policies against Iranian women while trampling the right to freedom of expression.” On July 16, Saeid Montazer al-Mahdi, Deputy Police Chief for Cultural and Social Affairs, announced that “vehicle and foot patrols” would be deployed across the country to “deal with” women accused of not complying with the state’s forced-hijab law. Although there has been no official confirmation that the government has redeployed its so-called “morality police”—which has a documented history of harassing, assaulting and arresting women accused of defying the state’s forced-hijab law—several government, police, and judicial officials have announced that increased enforcement of forced-veiling in Iran though “police actions” has resumed, under the “Chastity and Hijab Law.” The Iranian government’s intensified enforcement of forced-hijab regulations in July 2022, mandated by President Ebrahim Raisi and signed into a decree the following month, had devastating consequences.
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Published at: 2025-06-22 22:08:52
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