Iran Women Protest Hijab And Chastity Day Removed Their Veils In Public

Iran | Hijab is being strongly opposed in the Islamic country of Iran. Iranian women are on the streets protesting the hijab. Not only this, she is also making a video of her removing her mask in public. According to Iran's official news agency, these women are protesting the Islamic Republic's strict hijab rules by posting videos of removing the hijab.

Strongly opposed to 'Hijab and Purity Day'

According to Iranian law, women are required to cover their hair in public. Although there are frequent demonstrations regarding the hijab, but on Tuesday, a large number of Iranian women took part in the anti-hijab campaign across the country. Iranian authorities declared July 12 (Tuesday) as 'Hijab and Chastity Day'. In protest, women took to the streets.

Iranian women throwing hijab in the streets

Apart from women, men are also expressing their protest against Iran's law in videos shared on social media. In some videos, women can be seen throwing scarves and shawls on the streets. Women are seen in public transport and shops without hijab. She is roaming in public with open hair.

Army fielded for hijab

Iran's government has given strict instructions to the country's security forces to make the hijab mandatory. The army is making strenuous efforts to make the hijab mandatory for women. However, despite all this, the level of women's protests is increasing. On Tuesday, when a large number of women opposed the hijab, the government tried a new trick to counter it. Meanwhile, Iranian state television broadcast a video of the 'Hijab and Chastity' ceremony. It featured 13 women wearing green hijabs and long white robes. Those women were dancing by reciting verses from the Quran. The video was heavily ridiculed on social media.

Tomorrow Iranian women will shake the clerical regime by removing their hijab and taking to the streets across Iran to say #No2Hijab. This is called Women Revolution.
In iran #WalkingUnveiled is a crime.
Iranian men will also join us.#حجاب_بی_حجاب pic.twitter.com/pu3uUA1teM

— Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) July 12, 2022

Hijab became compulsory after the Islamic Revolution of 1979

The New York-based International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran (ICHRI) said on 11 July that "there could be potential violence in the country on 12 July and a large number of people could be detained." After which a news agency told that many people were arrested on July 11 itself. The hijab in public has been compulsory for Iranian women and girls over the age of 9 after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. Many Iranian women have raised their voices against the regime over the years and have insisted on wearing the clothes of their mind against government orders.

In Iran, women can face jail or heavy fines for refusing to wear the hijab. During the 2019 protests, the president of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, Moussa Ghazanfarabadi, warned that any woman who shared a video of her removing her hijab would face up to ten years in prison.