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Iran's president criticizes new hijab law

Politiko 2024-12-03 14:48:06

Iran's president criticizes new hijab law

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has expressed doubts about new legislation that provides for harsher punishments for women who violate head covering regulations, AFP news agency reports. Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, women in Iran have been required to wear the hijab in public.

However, women appear even without it in public places, especially after the protests of September 2022, instigated by the death of Mahsa Amin, who was in police custody, with the justification that she did not put the veil on her head properly. The Iranian parliament has approved the new law on "hijab and chastity", but the document must also be signed by the president by December 13, to enter into force.

"As the person responsible for strengthening this law, I have my reservations about it," Pezeshkian said on state television on Monday evening.

The text of the legislation has not been officially published, but Iranian media have reported that it includes penalties worth 20 average salaries for women who go out without a hijab in public or on social media.

Violators must pay the fine within 10 days, or face significant restrictions, such as travel or driver's license bans.

"We risk the destruction of many things in society because of this law," said the Iranian president.

The so-called moral police is not often seen on the streets of Iran, since the protests of 2022, although as a department it has not been disbanded./ REL

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