Updated 7/1/24 at 9:03 p.m
Control of women is still strong in Iran. A woman, Roya Heshamti, received 74 lashes for “outraging public morals” and was fined for not wearing the Muslim veil, the justice department said.
“The condemned man […] promoted freedom of movement [en sortant] in a despicable manner in busy places in Tehran,” judicial news agency Mizan Online said on Saturday evening.
Photo published on social networks without a veil
The convicted woman's lawyer, Maziar Tatati, told the reformist newspaper Shargh that his client was arrested in April “for publishing a photo without a veil on social networks.” In recent months, more and more women have appeared in public places without veils, especially after the protest movement sparked by the death in custody in September 2022 of Mahsa Amini, who was arrested for violating the strict dress code.
Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, wearing the veil in Iran has been mandatory for all women, including foreigners who have to hide their hair in public places.