Iranian women protesting against the hijab for the first time in 40 years
In Iran, the movement is a single of the protests against the hijab. On Monday 29 January, several women with uncovered heads climbed up on the transformer box in the streets of Tehran, waving wound on a stick with shawls like flag. This is the first of any mass action against the compulsory wearing of a headscarf since the revolution of 1979.
The first such action occurred in December, the activist who dared to take this step, is a 31-year-old kind of Movahed, the mother of seventeen-month-old girl.
27 Dec woman climbed up her hair to booth on the Avenue Enghelab in Tehran, waving his handkerchief like a flag. Her photos and video were widely distributed on social networks.
People in #Iran are asking for the whereabouts of the woman who took off her #hijab to protest the mandatory Islamic dress code using the hashtags #دختر_خیابان_انقلاب_کجاست and #Where_Is_She
She was reportedly arrested shortly after. #IranProtestspic.twitter.com/G6oKHIPA68
— Armin Navabi (@ArminNavabi) 18 January 2018
Activists reported that the woman was detained by police, released and then arrested again. The hashtag with the question, “Where is she?”Persian has been used on Twitter more than 28 thousand times. As told in Iran is a human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, a young woman was released on Sunday January 28.
Immediately after this, on Monday 29 Jan action Types Movahed repeated at least three more women. Their photos with the hashtag, which translates as “girls from the street, Enghelab” became a trending topic on Twitter.
A 2nd woman arrested in #Iran for protesting forced #hijab by taking off her headscarf.
Name: Narges Hosseini #نرگس_حسینی
Women are removing their hijab, posting it with the hashtag #دختران_خیابان_انقلاب meaning #GirlsOfRevolutionSt where #VidaMovahed first took off her hijab. pic.twitter.com/lLbeI5TZMo
— Armin Navabi (@ArminNavabi) 29 Jan 2018
Another brave Iranian woman who makes speech.#دختران_خیابان_انقلاب pic.twitter.com/fQlmpLxYI4
— Pantea Modiri (@PanteaModiri) 29 Jan 2018
A courageous symbol of civil protest against the forced hijab on women in Iran for decades.
pic from: Seyedkhandan – Tehran, Iran#HijabForced #ForcedVeil#WhiteWednesdays#GirlsOfRevolutionSt#چهارشنبه_های_سفید#دختران_خیابان_انقلاب pic.twitter.com/59ghmJjdoP
— Oliver Jazayeri (@Oliver_jazayeri) 29 Jan 2018
As reported by Nasrin Sotoudeh, the woman embarked on the same box as Movahed, was also detained by police. Shortly thereafter, in support of the motion, residents began to leave the booth colors.
Someone has left a bouquet of flowers for the women protesting the compulsory hijab in Tehran via @aidaghajar #دخترهای_خیابان_انقلاب pic.twitter.com/OXXN6O0wmZ
— Golnaz Esfandiari (@GEsfandiari) 29 Jan 2018
Compulsory wearing of the headscarf in public places is required by Iranian law — violators could face arrest.
However, the inhabitant of the country has consistently defended its freedom to appear with uncovered head, for example, driving a car, arguing that the interior of the car is a private space.