Iran is a conservative country. Amendment in law also depends on conservatives somewhere. Conservatives believe that it should be necessary for women to cover their heads. While the reformists say that Iran should come out of this conservative thinking.
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The protests that broke out in Iran against the strict practice of wearing hijab seem to be successful. This is because the Iranian government, which is facing the anger of the people, has decided to consider a strict hijab law. In fact, on September 13-14, a 22-year-old girl Mahsa Amini died in police custody in Iran. Police detained Amini because she did not cover her head, which is a mandatory rule for women in Iran. The death of Mahsa Amini became the reason for protests in Iran. Hundreds of women and men came out on the streets and started demanding to throw out this law from the country. Now it would not be wrong to say that these demonstrations have deeply affected the Iranian government.
Iran’s parliament and judiciary are now reviewing the country’s strict hijab law. This information has been given by the country’s Attorney General Mohammad Jafar Montajeri. However, he did not tell what kind of change can be made in this direction. The Attorney General said that the review team met the Cultural Commission of Parliament on Wednesday and a decision could come out in a week or two. In fact, four years after the revolution of 1979 i.e. in 1983 (April), wearing hijab ie headscarf was made necessary for all women in Iran. After the death of Mahsa Amini in September, a rebellion broke out against this hijab practice. People took to the streets. The protesting women gave up covering their heads. Many women even cut their hair and burnt their hijabs in protest against this law.
Iranian women are not following the law
The anger among the protesters over the death of Mahsa Amini was so much that they stood up against the government. Raised anti-government slogans. Even threw off the turbans from the heads of Muslim clerics. Since the beginning of the protests, Iranian women have been flouting the hijab law. The movement that started in Iran from September 16 is so big that the government is scared. Iran’s republican and Islamic foundations are constitutionally established, President Ibrahim Raisi said on Saturday, but some methods of implementing the constitution could be made flexible. Iran is a conservative country. Amendment in law also depends on conservatives somewhere. Conservatives believe that it should be necessary for women to cover their heads. While the reformists say that Iran should come out of this conservative thinking.