Anti-hijab protests in Iran spread to 15 cities: three more protesters were killed, figure 8; more than a thousand arrested

Posted on 22nd Sep 2022 by rohit kumar

Protests against the hijab, which began in Iran on 16 September, are still going on. By 21 September, it had spread to 15 cities. During this, clashes are also taking place between the police and the protesters. The police opened fire to stop the people. On Thursday also 3 protesters were killed in police firing. In five days this figure has increased to 8. Hundreds of people are injured.

 

The police have arrested more than 1000 people so far. At the same time, youths have made a mobile app called Garshad against the government's moral policing. This app has been downloaded by 10 lakh people in the last 5 days. The youth are running a secret message through this. In view of this, mobile internet has been closed and Instagram has been blocked in Tehran.

 

Maulvis against giving rights to women: Protesters

 

The protesters say that people are mistaking our protest as a rebellion, but the clerics will not understand this. They are sitting with their eyes closed. The government will not be able to run the government on the basis of these clerics for long. These clerics are against giving rights to women.

 

Meanwhile, supreme cleric Ayatollah Khamenei addressed a gathering on Wednesday, but made no mention of the anti-hijab protests.

 

Demonstrations started after the death of the girl in police custody

 

On September 13, Iran police arrested a young woman named Mahsa Amini for not wearing a hijab. He died three days later, that is, on 16 September. According to Iranian media reports, Amini went into a coma just hours after her arrest. He was taken to the hospital. Reports said that Amini died of a head injury.

 

Many women cut their hair in protest against the death of Mahsa Amini and the hijab being mandatory. Not only this, the hijab was also burnt. In support of this, a female journalist wrote with the video – Iranian women are protesting against the death of 22-year-old Mehsa Amini in police custody and wearing hijab as mandatory by cutting hair and burning hijab.

 

Why women should be killed because of hijab

 

The protesting women are demanding that the hijab should be made optional instead of compulsory. They say why should they be killed because of the hijab. Here, in Mahsa Amini's town of Sakej, there was a clash between the police and the protesters. Here the security personnel opened fire.

 

Hijab was a bond, now I have found myself again: Writer Masih

 

Masih Alinejad, writer of Wind in My Air, said that I had to wear a hijab when I left the house. It was a pity to see girls in the bondage of hijab. I found myself taking off the hijab. Now women in Iran will not back down.

 

I couldn't live a second class life, threw off hijab: Ajam Jangravi

Ajam Jangravi now lives in the UK. She said in this matter that by wearing the hijab, I felt that I was living a second life. I used to tell myself that I can do this. I felt a power in myself. I threw off the hijab.

 

The compulsory wearing of the hijab came into force after the Islamic Revolution of 1979.

Although the hijab was mandated in Iran in 1979, on August 15, President Ibrahim Raisi signed an order and was asked to strictly enforce it as a dress code. Before 1979, Iran was quite independent in the matter of women's clothing under the rule of Shah Pahlavi.

 

On 8 January 1936, Raza Shah implemented Kashf-e-Hijab. That is, if a woman wears a hijab, the police will take her off.

 

In 1941, Shah Raza's son Mohammad Reza took over the rule and banned the Kashf-e-Hijab. He allowed women to wear the dress of their choice.

 

In 1963, Mohammad Reza Shah gave women the right to vote and women were also elected to the Parliament.

 

In 1967, Iran's personal law was also reformed in which women got equal rights.

 

The age of marriage for girls was raised from 13 to 18 years. Also abortion was made a legal right.

 

Emphasis was laid on increasing the participation of girls in studies. By the 1970s, the share of girls in Iran's universities was 30%.

 

In 1979, Shah Reza Pahlavi had to leave the country and Iran became an Islamic Republic. Ayotollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a Shia religious leader, was made the Supreme Leader of Iran. From here Iran became a stronghold of Shia Islam in the world. Khomeini significantly reduced women's rights

 

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