Iranian women arrested for not wearing hijab after yogurt attack

Two women in Iran were arrested for not wearing the hijab in public after a man threw yogurt on them at a store in the northeastern city of Shandiz. Iranian women risk arrest for not covering their hair, and many have been defying the mandatory dress code as part of protests that followed the death of a young woman in custody who allegedly violated hijab rules. The incident is under investigation, and the male suspect has been arrested for a disturbance of order. Iranians have taken to the streets nationwide in protest for several months against Iran’s mandatory hijab law, and political and social issues across the country.