Increasing demonstration of women regarding hijab in Iran, President Raisi draws red line

Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday strongly criticized women-led protests over the death of a 22-year-old woman, Mahsa Amini, in the custody of the Islamic Republic's Morality Police, calling them "chaos". . "Those who took part in the riots should be dealt with decisively, this is the demand of all the people," the president said in a TV interview.

Conservative President Ebrahim Raisi expressed his dismay at the demonstration, saying: "People's safety is the red line in the Islamic Republic of Iran and no one is allowed to break the law and cause disorder." He further said, "The enemy has targeted national unity and wants to pit people against each other." At the same time, he accused Iran's arch-rival United States of spreading unrest in the country.

Demonstrations intensified after death in police custody

Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, died in police custody under suspicious circumstances on 16 September after she was arrested for breaking Iran's stringent hijab law. However, he died only 3 days after being taken into custody.

President Raisi expressed grief over Amini's death, saying the entire country felt "grieved" at his death, with forensic and judiciary experts to submit a final report on the matter soon, but warned that "protests will be fueled by riots". are different."

In the biggest demonstration ever in Iran in the last 3 years, people chanted "Woman, life, freedom!" are shouting slogans. During the protest, many women took out scarves from their heads and burnt them and even cut their hair.

Women protesting by climbing on the car

After Amini's death, there was widespread unrest in the country for nearly two weeks and it has spread to other provinces of Iran and students, middle-class professionals and working-class men and women took to the streets to protest.

On the other hand, in the conservative Iranian city of Mashhad, famous for Islamic religious places, a young woman is protesting by climbing into a car. She takes off her hijab and starts shouting, Death to the Dictator! (Death of the dictator). Nearby demonstrators also join in his tune and horn their vehicles in his support.

Fatima Shams, who grew up in Mashhad, says that many Iranian women could not even imagine a picture like this until a decade ago. “When you see women in Mashhad taking to the streets and burning their hijabs in public, it is a truly revolutionary change. Iranian women are ending the era of veiled society and compulsory hijab."

There have been many demonstrations in Iran in the past few years, although most of them were due to anger caused by economic troubles. A new wave of protests, however, is showing heart-felt rage against Iran's cleric-led regime and is rising over the issue of the mandatory hijab.

In Iran, it is mandatory for women to go out in public wearing a burqa and hijab. In this too, their hair should be completely covered with hijab. Many Iranian women, especially in major cities, have long taken a stand against the issue with the authorities, with the younger generation challenging the confines of conservative dress by wearing loose scarves and dresses.