Hijab and chastity or prison. Iran has increased penalties for women who do not wear veils in public since the founding of the Islamic Republic the adoption of a new law in parliament “to support the culture of chastity and hijab,” which provides for very severe penalties in the event of violations. Anyone who does not comply with the new regulations, under the aggravating circumstance of “cooperation with foreign governments, networks, agents and media”, must expect severe penalties up to 10 years in prison as long as the headscarf regulation is in force previously it provided for a detention period of 10 days to 2 months. The bill is not only limited to punishing women who do not wear the headscarf in public or do not wear it “correctly”, but also concerns rules promoting hijab and chastity in schools, in the media and in tourism.
The provision provides for violations Fines of up to the equivalent of $6,000, Dismissal, prison sentences of varying lengths, confiscation of cars, closure of businesses, confiscation of passports and a ban on leaving the country between six months and two years. In addition to the absence of the veil, Dressing in “inappropriate clothing.”, and therefore punishable, means for women “wearing skimpy or tight clothing or wearing any part of the body that is lower than the neck, higher than the ankles or higher than the forearms,” the provision says. Anyone who “insults or mocks the hijab in virtual or non-virtual space, promotes nudity and indecency” will also be punished with fines or the confiscation of their passport for up to two years.
The new law also gives specific instructions to various ministries, such as the Ministry of Education, which is required to “promote the Islamic, family-oriented lifestyle and the culture of chastity and hijab at all levels of education.” The media is also obliged to “present and promote the symbols and models of the Islamic lifestyle”.in order to avoid the promotion of immoral sexuality, unhealthy relationships and individualistic and anti-family models.” The Ministry of Economy and Finance must then “ban the import”. prohibited clothing, statues, dolls, mannequins, paintings and other products that promote nudity and indecency“ and books or images that promote “immorality” will be stopped at customs. While the Ministry of Tourism has to plan trips and tours according to the “Islamic model of Iran”.
The police forces and the Islamic Revolutionary Guards will also ensure that the new regulations are adhered to through CCTV footage from surveillance cameras and artificial intelligence. The text of the provision, which must be approved by the Guardian Council of the Constitution, provides for a trial period of three years before becoming final and was co-approved by the Iranian Parliament 152 votes in favor, 34 MPs voted against and 7 abstained.
The parliamentary vote almost coincides with the first anniversary of his death Mahsa Amini, the twenty-year-old Kurdish woman who lost her life in Tehran on September 16, 2022 after being taken into custody by the moral police for not wearing the hijab correctly. The young woman’s death, which many Iranians said was due to beatings during her detention, sparked a wave of anti-government protests in many cities across the country, where demonstrators strongly disputed the requirement to wear a headscarf in public and were seen by many Protesters marched with their hair flowing, disobeyed the law, or burned their hijabs in public. The Islamic Republic he didn’t take a step back regarding the veil requirement and today even increased the penalties, while President Ebrahim Raisi once again rejected allegations that Mahsa lost her life due to violence during her arrest. “Regarding the incident last year in which a girl met with an accident, all medical examinations show that she was not hit by the police,” Raisi said yesterday in New York on the occasion of the UN General Assembly.
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