Compulsory headscarf: wave of arrests in Iran | Nachrichten.at

Hundreds of companies were closed because they did not implement strict headscarf controls, the office announced on Friday in Geneva. The notorious moral watchdogs announced stricter controls a few weeks ago. Since the protests in autumn 2022, more and more women had ignored the requirement to wear a headscarf. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, criticized a planned law that would provide for ten-year prison sentences and flogging as punishment for violations of headscarf regulations.

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