The flogging of a 33-year-old woman sparked protests in Iran. As human rights activists reported on Saturday, Iran's judiciary punished the Kurdish activist Roja Heshmati in capital Tehran with a total of 74 lashes. The woman was standing alone Facebook Attention was drawn to the execution of the punishment, and it was impressively described. The Iranian judiciary confirmed the execution of the lashes. This was done within the framework of the law.
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Originally over 13 years in prison
This was reported by the Misan justice portal. The case caused great outrage among Iranians on social media. According to the Shargh newspaper, Heshmati was killed in April 2023 after publishing a photo without the one that is mandatory in Iran headscarf stuck. She then had to defend herself against numerous legal charges. A prison sentence of more than 13 years was successfully challenged, her lawyer Masiar Tatati told the newspaper. The penalty of whipping for moral offenses remained.
Heshmati announced her verdict in October on her Facebook profile, which is no longer publicly visible. On January 3, Heshmati wrote that she appeared before authorities with her lawyer after being summoned. Despite repeated requests, she removed her headscarf in protest. She described the place where she was whipped as a “medieval torture chamber”.
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The death of the young Kurdish woman occurred more than a year ago Jina Mahsa Amini Serious protests broke out in Iran. For months, young people, in particular, took to the streets to demonstrate against the Islamic system of government. Amini fell into a coma after an allegedly violent encounter with the notorious moral guardians and died shortly afterwards. The state reacted extremely harshly. More and more women are resisting the obligation to wear a headscarf.
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