Iran sentences ‘Girl of Enghelab Street’ to 24 months
for removing headscarf in public
Women showing their hair in public in Iran are usually
sentenced to two months or less and fined $25
The protests are inspired by the actions of a 31-year-old woman, now dubbed the "Girl of Enghelab Street" who was arrested in December when she took off her headscarf and held it in the air while standing on a pillar box in Central Tehran.Video grab of "The Girl of Enghelab Street", allegedly identified as Vida Movahed.
The Associated Press
TEHRAN, Iran — A Tehran prosecutor says a woman who removed her obligatory Islamic headscarf in public in late December has been sentenced to 24 months in prison.
Girls showing hair corrupts Islamic men
Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency on Wednesday quoted prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi as saying the unidentified woman took off her headscarf in Tehran’s Enghelab Street to “encourage corruption through the removal of the hijab in public.”
In February, police detained 29 women who removed their headscarves as part of an anti-hijab campaign known as “White Wednesdays.”
The police say the campaign, advocated by Farsi-language satellite TV networks based abroad, purportedly encourages women participants to take their white headscarves off on Wednesdays.
Women showing their hair in public in Iran are usually sentenced to far shorter terms of two months or less, and fined $25.
God help women if they should ever become visible in Islamic society!
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