Iranian women continue to face severe penalties, such as termination from employment, and being reassigned to menial and degrading tasks, for not adhering to the country’s compulsory dress code.
In the ongoing struggle for women’s rights, these punishments highlight the repressive policies of the clerical regime that employs the mandatory Hijab as a mechanism for maintaining power.
The authorities openly acknowledge the compulsory veil’s significance in consolidating their power, fearing that any concession on this issue may undermine their authority and create pressure to compromise on other aspects.
In a shocking recent incident, the state-run Hammihan Daily reported on July 13, 2023, that a woman was sentenced to wash corpses in Tehran’s Morgue for a month for driving without the mandatory Hijab by the 104th Branch of Criminal Court 2 in Varamin. Along with this demeaning punishment, she was mandated to pay a hefty fine of 31 million rials, avoiding a two-month imprisonment.
On July 10, a woman was sentenced to two months of imprisonment by Tehran’s Criminal Court’s Branch 1088 for appearing in public without the compulsory veil.
The punitive measures didn’t stop there. On July 10, another woman was sentenced to two months of imprisonment by Tehran’s Criminal Court’s Branch 1088 for appearing in public without the compulsory veil. She was also slapped with a two-year travel ban and instructed to attend weekly psychological counselling for six months to address her so-called “anti-social personality.”
On July 12, a female intern was fired and reassigned to janitorial duties for failing to cover her hair while driving. In a similar vein, another woman was sentenced to 270 hours of cleaning services at the Interior Ministry for non-compliance with the veil requirement.
the authorities have identified 50 individuals, with efforts ongoing to identify the remaining violators.
On July 15, IRNA news agency reported that the Revolutionary and Public Prosecutor of Qazvin had initiated legal actions against 173 women following the enactment of the Hijab and Chastity Law.
Interestingly, the clerical regime has resorted to facial recognition technology to identify non-compliant women, further invigorating the surveillance state.
مظلومیت حسین در این است که در سرزمین من دجالانی حاکمند که به نام او بدتر از آنچه حرمله و یزید کردند را با مردم ایران میکنند
سرزمین من هر ماه #محرم است و هر روز #عاشورا#Mohammad_Javad_Wafai_Sani#StopExecutionsInIran pic.twitter.com/Im2tpK09uH— Iranian van NL(انجمن ایرانی ضد اعدام در هلند) (@humanitaire123) July 20, 2023
Adding to the tension, Reuters released a heart-wrenching video on July 15 of a woman in Tehran’s Gisha district crying for help after allegedly being accosted by the morality police.The harsh and degrading punishments meted out to these women have sparked global outrage, as the fight for women’s rights in Iran persists.
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