2023-04-25 20:04:44
Just weeks following Iran announced a crackdown on abuses, Tehran police took the case of Katayoun Riahi and Pantea Bahram to court, charging them with “the crime of removing their hijab in public and posting their photos online,” the Tasnim news agency reported late Monday.
Actresses may face fines or prison terms.
Earlier this month, police said they would start using smart technology in public places to crack down on women defying Iran’s mandatory dress code.
Last week, pictures of Bahram, 53, posing without a headscarf at a film screening went viral. The 61-year-old K. Riahi posted several photos of himself taken in public places in Tehran.
The requirement for women to tie headscarves in public was introduced shortly following the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
The number of defiant women in Iran has increased following a wave of protests over the September 16 death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd. The girl died following being arrested by the morality police for allegedly violating the dress code.
On April 16, the authorities announced that they had closed 150 commercial establishments where the employees did not follow the dress code.
Mr. Bahram and Mr. Riahi have each won several awards at Iran’s premier film event, the Fajr International Film Festival.
Riahi was released on bail in November following spending more than a week in custody for posting pictures on Instagram in solidarity with protests once morest Amini.
She is the first Iranian actress to post photos of herself without a headscarf on social media to show support for the protest movement.
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