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Women throughout Iran protested the government by walking in public places without hijab.
The protest arose on 12 July and was documented Social media By a woman using the hashtags #WalkingUnveiled and # No2Hijab.
A news agency, Iran International, has shown several videos of women in public areas of the city without wearing a hijab.
Iran has a mandatory veil law that requires women to be sent to prison in protest of the law and to wear hijab in public.
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“My beloved Islamic republic, I’m commemorating the national hijab and dignity day,” one woman jokingly said in a video.
According to one video, another woman protested the forcing law by exercising in a city park without wearing a hijab.
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Lisa Daftali, editor-in-chief of the Foreign Desk website, recorded growing anxiety in Iran this year and told Fox News Digital: Imprisonment and severe punishment for putting their faces on social media with a message to the administration: they had enough. “
She continued. “This latest women’s movement is yet another group of fascinating Iranians coming down the street to tell their story … You have a leader calling on President Biden to put pressure on Saudi Arabia on human rights. But those same leaders are presidents who promote human rights in negotiations with Iran. Human rights are not a matter of political convenience. Iranian women are calling for help. ”
according to Radio Free EuropeAt least one woman was arrested during a protest after watching her video of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps not wearing a hijab, funded by the US government.
In the video, according to the outlet, the woman could be seen on the bus without a hijab and faced another woman who threatened to send a video of the woman to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
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In a national protest, Iran’s President Ebrahim Raishi issued an order in July aimed at enforcing a compulsory hijab law, after which women found to be in violation of the law were found in banks and public transport. Or said he could not enter the government agency. report.