Iran announced on Saturday that it is revising decades-old legislation that
mandates women wear headscarves in response to the country’s ongoing
struggle to suppress protests over the dress code that have lasted for over
two months.
Since the death in detention on September 16 of 22-year-old Iranian of
Kurdish ancestry Mahsa Amini, who had been seized by the morality police
for allegedly violating the sharia-based law, protests have rocked Iran.
Raging protesters have set fire to their veils while chanting against the
government. Since Mahsa Amini’s passing, there has been a rise in the
number of women who do not wear the hijab, especially in the chic northern
area of Tehran.
mandates women wear headscarves in response to the country’s ongoing
struggle to suppress protests over the dress code that have lasted for over
two months.
Since the death in detention on September 16 of 22-year-old Iranian of
Kurdish ancestry Mahsa Amini, who had been seized by the morality police
for allegedly violating the sharia-based law, protests have rocked Iran.
Raging protesters have set fire to their veils while chanting against the
government. Since Mahsa Amini’s passing, there has been a rise in the
number of women who do not wear the hijab, especially in the chic northern
area of Tehran.
