Iran is attempting to reimpose strict dress codes for women, months after anti-government protests. As part of the renewed crackdown, officials also say that people who encourage women to remove their hijabs will be prosecuted.
, in a hospital Sept. 16 after being detained for allegedly breaking the laws governing dress, the hijab became a symbol of official repression, with women and girls defiantly removing their headscarves in public.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi underlined the importance of the dress code, in particular the headscarf, in a recent speech in Tehran.he said, according to a video posted on Twitter by the government's public affairs office. The renewed emphasis on the hijab was announced April 8, with implementation beginning over the weekend.“This harsh and rude response will definitely either make things worse or will not lead anywhere,” Parinaz Mobarhan, a resident of Tehran, told the West Asia News Agency in video distributed by Reuters.
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