In response to a viral video purporting to show a man hurling yogurt at two uncovered women at a store outside a revered Shia Muslim city. President Ebrahim Raisi said that the hijab is “a legal problem” in Iran.
Hijab laws
After widespread demonstrations in response to the death in the custody of the morality police in September of a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman for allegedly breaking hijab laws, more and more women have resisted authorities by taking off their veils. The demonstrations were forcefully suppressed by security troops.
Two female clients appeared to be entering a business in the footage. A man soon spoke to the women and approached them shortly after that. He then picks up what looks to be a sizable yogurt pot and hurls its contents upon the heads of the two women.
State media said on Saturday that two women, a mother, and her daughter, were ordered to be arrested by judicial officials in a hamlet close to Mashhad for disobeying Iran’s stringent female attire regulations and “committing a banned conduct.”
Arrest warrant
According to the news, authorities issued an arrest warrant for the man “on allegations of conducting an insulting act and disturbing the peace.”
Women are nonetheless often seen with nothing on in malls, restaurants, stores, and on the streets around the nation, risking imprisonment for breaching the required dress code.
The moral police are being resisted in videos that have taken over social media. Raisi made the following comments live on state television: “If some individuals say they don’t believe [in the hijab], it’s good to use persuasion… But the crucial fact is that the hijab is currently a legal issue and that there is a legal need.
According to the authorities, the proprietor of the dairy business had been warned before he faced the assailant. Although he was cited by a local news outlet as stating he had been given permission to reopen and was scheduled to “offer explanations” before a court, reports on social media indicated that his business had been closed. Iranian media stated that the head of the judiciary, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, had previously vowed to punish women who appeared in public unclothed “without compassion.”
Viral video
Iranian law enacted after the 1979 revolution mandates that women cover their hair and dress in long, baggy garments to hide their physiques. Offenders have been subject to public censure, penalties, or arrest.
A statement from the Ministry of the Interior on Thursday referred to the veil as “one of the civilizational foundations of the Iranian people” and “one of the practical principles of the Islamic Republic” and stated that there would be no “retreat or tolerance” on the subject.
It exhorted people to confront exposed ladies. Such orders have given some people the confidence to assault women without consequence in the past.
The administration frequently ignored the hijab rule’s violations, which infuriated lawmakers and religious figures who support the regime.
Media sources state that if the government does not move to enforce laws forcing people to wear the hijab, a religious leader and a politician threatened to take legal action themselves on Saturday.
The guy shown pouring yogurt over the heads of the two people, a mother, and her daughter, have arrest warrants, according to judicial officials in a town close to Mashhad in the northeast. According to the official media, they were also the targets of arrest warrants for disobeying Iran’s severe regulations on women’s attire. An announcement from the Interior Ministry on Thursday stated that there would be no “retreat or tolerance” on the subject and referred to the veil as “one of the civilizational pillars of the Iranian nation” and “one of the practical principles of the Islamic Republic.”
It exhorted people to confront exposed ladies. Such orders have given hardliners the confidence to assault women with impunity in the past.
Women are nonetheless often seen with nothing on in malls, restaurants, stores, and on the streets around the nation, risking imprisonment for breaching the required dress code. The moral police are being resisted in videos that have taken over social media.
Final words
The Islamic government has increased the number of laws and social constraints that must be followed in order to implement hijab laws over time. The 1990s saw the introduction of criminal penalties, which included both jail time and fines.
Although the fundamental gender policy of the Islamic state is the mandatory hijab, which has been implemented, criminalized, and promoted, women have made courageous and amazing attempts to negotiate their rights.
