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The wearing of a hijab (or headscarf) in public is mandatory for women under Iran’s strict interpretation of Islamic law that is enforced by the country’s so-called morality police.
Two young women wearing hijabs in Tehran. 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. [119] [120] During the Middle Ages, Turkic nomadic tribes from Central Asia arrived, whose women did not wear headscarves.
In August 2023, Iranian MPs have voted to review a controversial hijab law behind closed doors, potentially avoiding public debate. The proposed "Hijab and Chastity Bill" would impose stricter penalties on women not wearing headscarves, prompted by protests over the death of a woman in custody. The decision to use Article 85 of Iran's ...
Although security forces violently ended the protests, since Amini’s death Iranian women and girls have at times removed their headscarves in public in defiance and others around the world have ...
Iran is trying to reimpose strict dress codes months after outrage swept the country and fueled a wave of unrest that saw women and girls remove their headscarves.
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 ...
A new bill before Iran's parliament could make penalties for women even more serious. It calls for fines of up to 360 million Iranian rials ($720) and prison sentences for women without the headscarf.
Women's resistance in Iran is gaining traction as an increasing number of women challenge the mandatory wearing of the hijab. Smith (2017) addressed the progress that Iranian women have made in her article, "Iran surprises by realizing Islamic dress code for women," [ 112 ] published by The Times , a news organization based in the UK.