{"id":104234,"date":"2024-12-13T21:59:31","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T21:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/risks-the-death-penalty-for-showing-his-hair-news-urix-foreign-news-and-documentaries\/"},"modified":"2024-12-13T21:59:32","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T21:59:32","slug":"risks-the-death-penalty-for-showing-his-hair-news-urix-foreign-news-and-documentaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/risks-the-death-penalty-for-showing-his-hair-news-urix-foreign-news-and-documentaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Risks the death penalty for showing his hair – news Urix – Foreign news and documentaries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Iranian authorities have passed a comprehensive law on “chastity culture and hijab” which comes down hard on women who break the regulations. Iranian women now risk the death penalty, flogging or up to ten years in prison for promoting the incorrect use of the hijab or protesting the rules. – There are almost no limits to the brutality of the regime, says Secretary General Jon Peder Egen\u00e6s of Amnesty Norway. According to Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Ghalibaf, the law will come into force on Friday. The new law will “protect the family by promoting the culture of chastity and hijab”. Here, a protester holds up a placard with the text “my hair, my choice”. Photo: JOHN MACDOUGALL \/ AFP The Hijab Act was passed by the National Assembly last autumn and approved by the Guardian Council earlier this year. – This is primarily an expression of fear and an illustration of how far the authorities are willing to go when it comes to abuse of power, says Egen\u00e6s to news. Iranian women wear the hijab in the capital, Tehran. Photo: ATTA KENARE \/ AFP Mandatory headgear It has been mandatory to wear the hijab in public places in Iran since the revolution in 1979. Nevertheless, many are reacting to the severe punishments that now come for any violations of the rules. A woman goes without the mandatory head covering in the capital, Tehran. Photo: AFP Egen\u00e6s fears that the new law will lead to brutal arrests, floggings and long prison sentences for women in the country. – The law stipulates that, in the worst case, we will see women who are sentenced to death because they have acted in violation of dress and modesty laws, says Egen\u00e6s. A young woman demonstrates during the “woman, life, freedom” movement. Photo: VINCENZO PINTO \/ AFP This could apply, for example, to people protesting peacefully, or women who send photos of themselves without a hijab to recipients outside Iran. The law also gives private individuals the right to force women to comply with the rules. A woman breaks down in tears during a demonstration. Photo: LISI NIESNER \/ Reuters Woman, life, freedom In the autumn of 2022, 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died in the custody of the morality police, after being arrested for wearing the hijab in the wrong way. The aftermath of Amini’s murder resulted in the largest protests since the Islamic Republic of Iran was established in 1979. The protesters demanded revolution and the resignation of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. 85-year-old Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is Iran’s supreme leader and rules the country with an iron fist. Photo: AP Amnesty believes the new laws are a reaction to these protests. – The “Women, life, freedom” movement is now perceived as so dangerous for the authorities that they are doing everything they can to stifle it, says the Amnesty chief. Protests in Tehran’s streets days after Mahsa Amini’s death. Photo: – \/ AFP He believes the Iranian authorities are afraid of the women in the country. – They are afraid of the power they saw after the murder of Amini. Women and young people were fearless in their fight against the authorities. A battle they were doomed to lose. But that struggle exists in the population and it can flare up again, he believes. The “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement saw women all over the world take to the streets and cut their hair in protest. Here from Athens, Greece. Photo: Yorgos Karahalis \/ AP Up to 600 people were killed in the demonstrations and over 20,000 arrested, according to human rights groups. In addition, several were sentenced to death. Women protest against the Iranian regime after the death of Mahsa Amini. Photo: DILARA SENKAYA \/ Reuters Years of repression Last year, video surveillance was introduced in public places in Iran to identify and punish women who do not wear the hijab properly. In November, it became clear that the Iranian authorities plan to open a so-called treatment clinic for women who defy the hijab laws. Despite the fact that the hijab is compulsory, there are many women who choose to go without it. Here from Tehran on Thursday. Photo: AFP The clinic will offer “scientific and psychological treatment” to women who refuse to use the headgear. News of the treatment clinics came shortly after student Ahou Daryaei stripped to her underwear at Azad University in Tehran to protest against the strict laws. A university spokesperson later came out and said that Daryaei had a mental illness. Many believe Iran is now using mental health as a pretext to oppress and imprison women. Published 13.12.2024, at 18.40 Updated 13.12.2024, at 18.51
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