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Tehran, Iran – Initially, the Iranian authorities disperse a demonstration calling for a tougher implementation of the country Dress -up rules.

Friday evening, after ISIS The six day gatherings In support of the Palestinian cause, the police disperse dozens who were grabbing in front of Parliament for weeks.

The demonstrators, most of whom were women wearing full -body black clothes, have been around for nearly 50 days to disintegrate what they consider a loose enforcement of the mandatory veil, indicating the abandonment of “Islamic values” for them.

Women and men in Iran, under a law shortly after the country’s revolution of 1979, is committed to adhering to the strict dress rules – including the veil that covers hair for women – on prison, skin or financial sanctions.

Why fighting on the veil?

For decades, the Iranian authorities imposed the mandatory veil through patrols by the police and security forces.

The so-called “ethics police” in the country, known as “Gasht-E Ershad” or the Islamic Guidance Patrol, will link people in the streets in order to “undermine general decency” and put them in trucks “re-teach” in the specific centers or punish them through the courts.

This is what happened to the 22 -year -old Kurdish woman What is my faithful In September 2022, who was arrested in Tehran because of the alleged compliance with the laws of the veil as she left with her family.

She died in the police detention, and her death leads to protests worldwide for several months. Hundreds of demonstrators and dozens of security forces were killed in turmoil, as the authorities said that the United States, Israel and other competitors They were behind “riots”.

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Iranian women walk without the mandatory veil in Tehran, Iran, August 5, 2023 [Vahid Salemi/AP]

The veil has become an increasingly subject to the button.

The Iranian authorities announced They will suspend ethics police In late 2022, white power trucks quickly returned to the streets of Tehran and other major cities.

Many women and men have been arrested or have been opened against them due to crimes related to rules. This ranged from the Iranian ordinary in the streets to the veteran journalists and actresses It seemed to be unveiled in public placesAnd companies or even taxi drivers whose customers considered the law.

Controversy about the veil bill

In the face of increasingly related “crimes”, especially in Tehran, where many women come out without the veil, the Iranian authorities are trying to implement new legislation that would enhance their powers to eliminate the perpetrators.

A new bombardment bill Determines heavy penaltiesEspecially the widespread financial sanctions, the parliament dominated by conservatives in Iran was approved in September 2023, under the administration of the late President Ibrahim Risi.

Then he was discussed in the best state bodies several times, before the Guardian Council supported it in September 2024, the 12 -member Constitutional Agency of the Constitutional Agency that must reach the legislation of green light before implementing it.

But President Masoud Bezishian, who pledged to follow up the mandatory veil through non -interface methods such as “education”, said that his government would be unable to implement the “non -practical” draft law.

After many speculation, the Conservative Parliament Speaker and former military commander, Mohamed Pragad, confirmed in March that the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) had ordered the implementation of the bill.

The Council agreed that the draft law “could cause tensions in today’s society” in the wake of the 2022-23 protests, and also told the majority of government media, adding that the government and parliament are working to find ways to impose it in the future.

Meanwhile, as The authorities are fighting the budget crisis Under the pressure sanctions by US President Donald Trump, they made new efforts to suppress the veil crimes.

They have Create cameras in public places To determine and punish women to disclose them, people were allowed to report others – and their vehicles, which can be booked – for veil crimes without providing evidence, imposing severe fines or closing companies that violate companies.

Why face the voices supporting the dialect?

Dozens, and sometimes hundreds of women who were shown in front of Parliament were the headlines of newspapers for weeks.

Some local media described it as “super stealing” because of its religious enthusiasm, and they obtained praise and support from the superior factions within the Iranian institution.

They, along with many Hard legislators in ParliamentShe accused the Speaker of Parliament and the Speaker of Satisfaction with the implementation of the Hijab Bill.

They described the mandatory veil as a principle of the Iranian theocratic establishment that “enemies” desires to hide.

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The Iranians are shopping in the flower market before the Nowruz, the new Iranian year, in Tehran, Iran, March 17, 2025 [Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters]

But the governor of Tehran Hussein Khosh Eghal said on Saturday that the demonstrations were “illegal” and warned that the police would break up any other protests held without permits.

The reason for tolerance of the demonstrations for weeks, or commenting on claims, including the conservative legislator, Javad Nikbin, did not mention that the demonstrators were pushed to be there and they were calling.

Police confirmed that many women had traveled from the holy city of the Shiite people, about 150 km (90 miles) south of Tehran.

They also broadcast a short video clip through the government media that showed their officers trying to think about the demonstrators screaming and explaining the reason for their dispersal under the law before taking action.

In a viral video clip filmed by a demonstrator and distributed online, the woman who stands behind the camera can be heard screaming and saying that 400 male and female officers have come down to them, put them in the trucks and dropped them in different parts of Tehran to disperse them.

The woman showed another woman Chadur lying on the ground with a bloody face, claiming that the demonstrators were beaten.

The state -run Faris News Agency reported that the police used “physical means” to end the protests and leave the demonstrators on the outskirts of the city in the middle of the night.

The police said the video was “organized” in an attempt to influence the general feelings, and that the wounds were subjective.

Politicians with Paydari (steadfast), the super -conservative faction that Presidential candidate Saeed Galiley He was defeated in the elections last year, and the decision was formulated.

“Either out of foolishness or because of infiltration,” said Hamid Rassi, who is senior militants in the faction.

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2025-03-30 12:22:00

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