Iranian Women Face Yoghurt Attack for Not Wearing Hijab
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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has emphasized that the hijab is a legal requirement in Iran after a man threw yoghurt at two uncovered women in a shop near a holy Shia Muslim city. Women have been defying authorities by discarding their veils after nationwide protests. Videos of unveiled women resisting the morality police have flooded social media. Under Iranian law, women are obliged to cover their hair and wear long, loose-fitting clothes to disguise their figures. Violators have faced public rebuke, fines or arrest.
- Iran’s Raisi says hijab is the law as women face ‘yoghurt attack’ Al Jazeera English
- Iranian women to be prosecuted 'without mercy' | WION Fineprint WION
- Two Iranian women arrested for not covering hair after man attacks them with yoghurt BBC
- Iranian pours yogurt on 2 women in shop for not wearing hijab; the women are arrested The Times of Israel
- Iran: yoghurt attack on unveiled women goes viral DW (English)
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