Brave woman poses next to a police car without her hijab in Iran and entire family remove their headscarves as support grows for woman who was viciously beaten by 'morality police.
A brave woman posed next to a police car without her hijab in Iran while a family removed theirs in solidarity with a woman who was viciously beaten by 'morality police officers.'

Iranian woman have taken to the streets without the mandatory hijab after a video surfaced of female officers from Iran's morality police assaulting a young woman whose headscarf only loosely covered her hair.

The video sparked a new public debate on the decades-long requirement for women in the Islamic Republic.

While officials of all ranks up to President Hassan Rouhani weighed in on the incident, it has seen women in Iran not only question the rule that they must wear the hijab in the street but also their faith.

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A brave woman posed next to a police car without her hijab in Iran in solidarity with a woman who was viciously beaten by 'morality police officers'
A brave woman posed next to a police car without her hijab in Iran in solidarity with a woman who was viciously beaten by 'morality police officers'
A group of women uncovered their hair in a video shared on Twitter, during which a a man's voice is heard saying: 'I join my family to say NO to forced hijab'
A group of women uncovered their hair in a video shared on Twitter, during which a a man's voice is heard saying: 'I join my family to say NO to forced hijab'
On Tuesday, My Stealthy Freedom shared a picture of a young woman leaning against a police car without her hair covered.

'Welcome to the 46th week of #WhiteWednesdays!' the caption said.

My Stealthy Freedom, an online group campaigning against the forced hijab, highlights instances of abuse of women who choose not to wear it.

The group's founder Masih Alinejad launched White Wednesdays, encouraging women to flout regulations posting pictures and videos of themselves without the hijabs online.

She also shared a clip sent to her from a family who posed with their backs to the camera, but with their hair uncovered.

Another woman filmed herself as she walked through the streets of Karaj with her hair uncovered
Another woman filmed herself as she walked through the streets of Karaj with her hair uncovered
Another woman filmed herself as she walked through the streets of Karaj with her hair uncovered
Another woman filmed herself as she walked through the streets of Karaj with her hair uncovered
'I join my family to say no to forced hijab in the hope of freedom for Iran,' a man's voice is heard saying during the clip.

Another woman filmed herself as she walked through the streets of Karaj with her hair uncovered.

'Today I walked the whole way without the compulsory hijab,' she said in the clip.

'I wanted to say that like many, I'm against compulsory veil too. I want to say no to compulsory veil and I hope there comes a day when all Iranian women can take a walk with no fear or stress and without having to put on a compulsory veil.

My Stealthy Freedom was also the first to upload the video of the young woman who was assaulted.

Videos have been posted showing women bravely defying the country's law by walking through the streets of cities like Tehran and Shiraz without the hijab
Videos have been posted showing women bravely defying the country's law by walking through the streets of cities like Tehran and Shiraz without the hijab
Several of them face verbal and physical abuse in the street, with bystanders urging them to cover their hair
Several of them face verbal and physical abuse in the street, with bystanders urging them to cover their hair
Their protest has been named #WalkingUnveiled and is quickly spreading on social media
Their protest has been named #WalkingUnveiled and is quickly spreading on social media
Alongside the video, the group wrote: 'This woman is savagely beaten up by morality police as punishment for her insufficient hijab. And they tell us hijab is a 'small issue'.'

They added: 'We expose them and we resist compulsory hijab.'

Since then, videos have been posted showing women bravely defying the country's law by walking through the streets of cities like Tehran and Shiraz without the hijab.

Several of them face verbal and physical abuse in the street, with bystanders urging them to cover their hair.

Their protest has been named #WalkingUnveiled and is quickly spreading on social media.

The video appeared online last week, with activists suggesting it was taken in Tehran, though nothing in it offers hints at its location.

It shows a young woman with a long red scarf loosely covering her head, her hair clearly showing, being surrounded by three morality policewomen wearing chadors, who grab her.

The video appeared online last week, with activists suggesting it was taken in Tehran, though nothing in it offers hints at its location
The video appeared online last week, with activists suggesting it was taken in Tehran, though nothing in it offers hints at its location
It shows a young woman with a long red scarf loosely covering her head, her hair clearly showing, being surrounded by three morality policewomen wearing chadors, who grab her
It shows a young woman with a long red scarf loosely covering her head, her hair clearly showing, being surrounded by three morality policewomen wearing chadors, who grab her
One grabs her by the throat. She screams, they pick her up off her feet.

She then ends up on the ground, weeping as another woman comforts her before the officers grab her again.

'Why are you hitting me? You have been destroying us for 30 years,' she is heard shouting at one point.

The video went viral on social media and drew an immediate reaction from officials.

Iran's interior minister, Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, ordered authorities on Thursday to investigate the incident soon after Masoumeh Ebtekar, a female vice president for women's affairs, condemned the police's 'violent' approach to the situation.

Reformist lawmaker Tayebeh Siavoshi said on Saturday that the policewoman seen in the video grabbing the young woman's throat has been suspended pending the investigation.

None of the women in the video have been identified.

She then ends up on the ground, weeping as another woman comforts her before the officers grab her again
She then ends up on the ground, weeping as another woman comforts her before the officers grab her again
She can later be seen lying on the floor, crying in pain and without her headscarf, as a large crowd surrounds her
She can later be seen lying on the floor, crying in pain and without her headscarf, as a large crowd surrounds her
'Imposing (force on women) will lead nowhere,' she said.

President Rouhani, a cleric who is considered a moderate within Iran's political system, also criticised the morality police in a speech on Saturday.

The police force's stated mandate is 'promoting virtue and preventing vice.'

'GRABBING PEOPLE'S COLLARS TO PROMOTE VIRTUE WILL NOT WORK,' Rouhani warned. 'You cannot do it by being aggressive.'

Hard-liners, however, have dismissed the video as a foreign plot.

The hard-line Kayhan daily on Sunday described the video as 'strange and suspicious,' noting foreign activists have promoted it.

Previously, hard-liners pointed to a campaign challenging the hijab launched by a journalist at the Persian service of the Voice of America, which is funded by the US government.

On Monday, judiciary chief Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani said he supported the morality police, adding that 'law enforcement should not withdraw a single inch.'

But on the streets of Tehran, women are openly discussing the video and their own encounters with morality police.

'I think that it was very unnecessary the way that the police, or the morality police, handled the situation,' said Hamraz, 27, an Austrian national born to Iranian parents who is on vacation in Tehran.

'It was very unfortunate that it was caught on camera, but in a way it was good that everyone got to see how people are being treated: very unjust and very unfair.'

Sahar, a 25-year-old university student, agreed.

'I think everyone must be free to choose what they believe in and we can deal with each other more peacefully instead of trying to induce people to do what you think is right,' she said. 'This method surely will not work.'

The hijab and chador have long been parts of Persian culture.

They became political symbols in 1936, when Iran's pro-Western ruler Reza Shah Pahlavi banned the garments amid his efforts to rapidly modernise Iran.

A cleric in Iran was seen demanding a woman covers her hair in another video posted online
A cleric in Iran was seen demanding a woman covers her hair in another video posted online
The ban became a source of humiliation for some pious Muslim women in the country.

Even before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the long, flowing black robes for women known as chadors and the headscarves, or hijabs, were both a political and religious symbol in the Shiite-dominated nation.

'I used to be a person who would always say her prayers and deeply believed in God,' said Afrouz, 28, who like other women who spoke to the Associated Press in Tehran would only give their first name for fear of retribution.

'I WOULD ALWAYS SAY GRACE BEFORE HAVING A MEAL. RIGHT NOW, I believe in none of those things.'

As the 1979 Islamic Revolution took hold, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini ordered female civil servants to wear the chador.

At first, thousands of women protested the decision in Tehran and Khomeini later said officials should not insult women who chose not to wear it - though he also called the chador 'the flag of the revolution.'

The hijab and loose-fitting clothing later became mandatory for all women in Iran.

The Islamic code also forbids women touching, dancing or singing with men outside their families.

And though some freedoms for women were curtailed in the years that followed, Iranian women were still allowed to drive, unlike in Saudi Arabia, and hold public office.

A man is seen standing over a woman who is walking in public with her hair uncovered in Iran
A man is seen standing over a woman who is walking in public with her hair uncovered in Iran
In Tehran today, some fashionable young women wear tighter clothes with a scarf loosely covering their head, technically meeting the requirements of the law while drawing the ire of conservatives.

Women arrested for showing their hair in public in Iran can receive jail terms of two months or less and face fines equivalent to $25.

In December, Tehran's police said they would no longer arrest women for not observing the Islamic dress code as video clips of women choosing not to wear hijabs and walking the streets with their heads uncovered spread across social media.

One image - of a young woman, head uncovered and waving her hijab like a flag in Tehran's Enghelab Street - became famous during economic protests that swept Iran later that month.

Tehran's prosecutor, Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi, said in March that the woman had been sentenced to 24 months in prison.

The telecommunication junction box she stood on in the photograph has since been re-welded to stop women from standing on it, though protests continue.


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This people (women) just want to be free from shackles of Islam that keeps intimidating them. Nice to see some brave stunt they pull over. One day na to wear bikini wala.

me go read dis?

And some people wnt to die on top hijab here in naija

If they ask me to choose between death and Islam, I will go for the option after Islam.


That religion is a wrong religion

God is about to do a new thing in Iran

How i wan take read dat tin..

Even though Buhari just noticed I have been lazy since 1914. I can't read that

But when Iranians reject hijah who is Farida to die on top other people's culture

DynasTee:
Even though Buhari just noticed I have been lazy since 1914. I can't read that

But when Iranians reject hijah who is Farida to die on top other people's culture

You go fear that kain fear

If truly they are Muslim ladies and they remove their hijab then they are just doing themselves and not the government cos it's a sin for Muslim ladies to expose their hair in public...dem think say na government dem dey do but dem no know say na themselves... Lol lwkmdfh

Civilization is coming like a tsunami.

DCONE1:
If truly they are Muslim ladies and they remove their hijab then they are just doing themselves and not the government cos it's a sin for Muslim ladies to expose their hair in public...dem think say na government dem dey do but dem no know say na themselves... Lol lwkmdfh

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DCONE1:
If truly they are Muslim ladies and they remove their hijab then they are just doing themselves and not the government cos it's a sin for Muslim ladies to expose their hair in public...dem think say na government dem dey do but dem no know say na themselves... Lol lwkmdfh

Which god?


The one that lived only in mohammed's schizophrenic imagination?

The one that spoke only to accommodate his evils?

DCONE1:
If truly they are Muslim ladies and they remove their hijab then they are just doing themselves and not the government cos it's a sin for Muslim ladies to expose their hair in public...dem think say na government dem dey do but dem no know say na themselves... Lol lwkmdfh

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Randy100:
Civilization is coming like a tsunami.

Define civilization

Lol.... I saw "Forced hijab", everything about them is forced, even to make people accept their religion.

I always pity those Muslim women, they are always treated like civilized slaves, too much restrictions.

wittyt98:


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thank you and God bless.

jusRadical:




Which god?


The one that lived only in mohammed's schizophrenic imagination?

The one that spoke only to accommodate his evils?

where did you get this idea from. ,...is it that you just sit in your comfort zone and imagin stuffs that you like and post...what do you know about ISLAM and the prophet (s.a.w) ,have you ever read the Qur'an? Or the Hadith? What do you know . smh

DCONE1:
where did you get this idea from. ,...is it that you just sit in your comfort zone and imagin stuffs that you like and post...what do you know about ISLAM and the prophet (s.a.w) ,have you ever read the Qur'an? Or the Hadith? What do you know . smh

Why put saw whenever you write the name of mohammed?

Why are you pray for him?

millomaniac:

Define civilization

Google is ur best friend ;

Randy100:
Google is ur best friend ;

Resist brain washing today.

Laughing in swahili

millomaniac:

Resist brain washing today.

millomaniac:

Resist brain washing today.

The islamic republic should understand it is uprouting itself with all this hijab nonsense.

jusRadical:




Why put saw whenever you write the name of mohammed?

Why are you pray for him?

good questions, now you are speaking like a reasonable Person...(.s.a.w) is "Sallalahu Alayhim Wasalam " which means "May the peace and blessings of Almighty Allah be upon him" ...don't you pray for your father,your mother,your siblings, the poor,the sick,your friend, your governor,your pastor, your President... He is our leader so we pray for him...we don't pray to him,...he is a man just like you and I ,but he is special because he is a prophet,and a messanger of ALLAH...ALLAH used him to bring the message of ISLAM to us.

DCONE1:
good questions, now you are speaking like a reasonable Person...(.s.a.w) is "Sallalahu Alayhim Wasalam " which means "May the peace and blessings of Almighty Allah be upon him" ...don't you pray for your father,your mother,your siblings, the poor,the sick,your friend, your governor,your pastor, your President... He is our leader so we pray for him...we don't pray to him,...he is a man just like you and I ,but he is special because he is a prophet,and a messanger of ALLAH...ALLAH used him to bring the message of ISLAM to us.

Why pray for your saviour?

I do not pray for Jesus Christ, rather, He intercedes for me.

I do not pray for or to any dead person. Once a person dies, his case is closed. Moreover if my father, brother, mother or sister is in heaven with GOD, why should I pray for him/her, unless you are indirectly telling me that your Mohammed is in hell.

Why pray for a messenger of a so-called god? Does he have issues? Is he not OK where he is?

You see, Jesus Christ has authority. He paid for our sins on the cross. His work was complete and total. He has gone to prepare a place for His people.

jusRadical:




Why pray for your saviour?

I do not pray for Jesus Christ, rather, He intercedes for me.

I do not pray for or to any dead person. Once a person dies, his case is closed. Moreover if my father, brother, mother or sister is in heaven with GOD, why should I pray for him/her, unless you are indirectly telling me that your Mohammed is in hell.

Why pray for a messenger of a so-called god? Does he have issues? Is he not OK where he is?

You see, Jesus Christ has authority. He paid for our sins on the cross. His work was complete and total. He has gone to prepare a place for His people.

Eyaaah its seems like you are lost or you chose to be lost...
1) Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) is NOT our savior, He is just a MESSANGER sent to us by ALLAH to come and spread the words of the HOLY QUR'AN .

2) something must be wrong with you or you are psychologically ill by saying that you don't pray for any person that when he dies ,he dies case close...just listen to yourself does that sound normal to you...Even your saviour JESUS CHRIST prays for people talk less of you.?
I wonder which type of Christian you are if you don't pray for people...and you said you don't pray for dead person ...wow...when someone dies you say "Rest in Peace" what do you call that

3) must somebody have issue before you can pray for Him..?...you sound childish there lol are you even mature.. lol how old are you

4)So you think Jesus christ paid for your sin on the cross that gives you the authority to continue to commit sins baaah?...lol don't change you ways keep hoping that Jesus Christ has gone to prepair a place for you...be there ooh don't wake up and carry your own cross ....even JESUS CHRIST carried his own CROSS .

DCONE1:
Eyaaah its seems like you are lost or you chose to be lost...
1) Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) is NOT our savior, He is just a MESSANGER sent to us by ALLAH to come and spread the words of the HOLY QUR'AN .

2) something must be wrong with you or you are psychologically ill by saying that you don't pray for any person that when he dies ,he dies case close...just listen to yourself does that sound normal to you...Even your saviour JESUS CHRIST prays for people talk less of you.?
I wonder which type of Christian you are if you don't pray for people...and you said you don't pray for dead person ...wow...when someone dies you say "Rest in Peace" what do you call that

3) must somebody have issue before you can pray for Him..?...you sound childish there lol are you even mature.. lol how old are you

4)So you think Jesus christ paid for your sin on the cross that gives you the authority to continue to commit sins baaah?...lol don't change you ways keep hoping that Jesus Christ has gone to prepair a place for you...be there ooh don't wake up and carry your own cross ....even JESUS CHRIST carried his own CROSS .

Jesus Christ is interceding only for those alive and not those who are gone.

My Bible say that it is appointed unto man to die once and after death comes judgement.

If Mohammed was a messenger of your god why pray for him? Is it that you guys are not sure of where he is?

Jesus Christ is the saviour, the son of GOD most high, for Him and through Him everything was created. He died and rose again.

You see, Mohammed never gave anybody salvation. Remember that he was not even sure of where he was going to when he was about to die.

Prayers for the dead is meaningless. No wonder the Bible says that a living dog is better than a dead lion. Once somebody is dead, his case is closed. Go through the Bible, there was never a place the dead were prayed for or even to. Praying to and for the dead is a pagan and occultic practice.

I have been set free from the power of sin and death by the blood of Jesus Christ. I fear no jinn or evil eye. I no more live in sin: sin has no power over me. I live by the power that is in Jesus Christ. I am a new creature.