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Anti hijab wearing advertising action by businesses, workplaces and or employee 2nd degree, fine of 2/4/ month of all of profits gained* Banned from leaving the country 6 months- to 2 years; 36 to 55 million; 55 to 100 million; Celebrities without/ not wearing hijab 2nd degree or /%10 of net worth* 6 months barred from working (5 to 15 year on ...
The Facebook page called Stealthy Freedom was set up on 5 May 2014 [1] and it is dedicated to posting images of women with their hijab (scarf) removed. [6] Many women have submitted their pictures without hijab, taken in various locations: parks, beaches, markets, streets, and elsewhere. [6] Alinejad said that the campaign began rather simply:
She encouraged men and women to "post images on social media of themselves either wearing white or no headscarf to protest being forced to wear the hijab." She later fled Iran. [65] In 2019 three women arrested for "disrespecting compulsory hijab" were sentenced to a total of 55 years and six months by a "Revolutionary Court" in Iran. [66] [67]
An Iranian woman was arrested after reportedly stripping down to her undergarments to protest an alleged assault by security forces for not following strict hijab laws.. The woman was reportedly ...
In Damavand, a town some 60 kilometers (40 miles) east of Tehran, prosecutors ordered the arrest of a bank manager and a teller over serving a woman not wearing the hijab.
Roya Heshmati (Persian: رویا حشمتی, 1990 in Sanandaj - ) is a Kurdish-Iranian activist known for her defiance against the mandatory hijab policy in Iran. Heshmati gained prominence for protesting by refraining from wearing the obligatory hijab in public spaces and sharing a photograph on social media without adhering to this regulation.
Before this, women were free to decide whether to wear a hijab, with some bowing to family pressure or following tradition. In charge of enforcing these dress codes were the Gasht-e Ershad ...
In Iran, since 1981, after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the hijab has become compulsory.All women are required to wear loose-fitting clothing and a headscarf in public. [19] [20] In the Islamic law of Iran imposed shortly after the 1979 revolution, article 638 of 5th book of Islamic Penal Code (called Sanctions and deterrent penalties) women who do not wear a hijab may be imprisoned from ten ...