The Persian New Year is approaching, moral policing is getting tougher.
Despite fierce social protests Ebrahim Raisi On Sunday, the Iranian president advocated stricter official enforcement of the rules on the mandatory wearing of headscarves, MTI wrote.
“Respecting the headscarf is not only a religious, but also a political and legal obligation for Iranian women,” Raiszi emphasized in a statement published on the website of the Iranian presidential office. Therefore, as he said, there is no doubt that the checks for compliance with the regulation must continue to be carried out consistently.
With the start of the Persian New Year on March 20, the Iranian police and the morality police are acting with renewed strictness against violators of the Islamic dress code. Footage has also appeared on social media in which women and moral officers get into a debate over the mandatory wearing of headscarves. Two years ago, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman sparked mass protests lasting several months. Mahsza Amini death, who was detained by the morality police in September 2022 for violating the strict dress code. Amini died in custody, presumably as a result of severe abuse.
Since the protests, more and more Iranian women have deviated from the mandatory dress code, which is not tolerated by religious hardliners. At the same time, strict official controls are criticized in some religious circles, arguing that it is not possible to force women to reverently follow the precepts of Islam.
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