First watch this video viral on social media..
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This scene is from the Science and Research Branch of Islamic Azad University of Iran. On 2 November 2024, a girl took off her clothes and started walking around in innerwear. All the girls around her are seen in hijab and Islamic dress.
Question- 1: What is the whole matter of a girl student roaming around wearing innerwear in Iran? answer: A student named Ahou Daryaei studies at Azad University of Science and Research in Tehran, the capital of Iran. Like every day, Ahau came to Daryai University on Saturday. According to Iran's state media Fars News Agency, the student did not come dressed as per the dress code.
The security guards warned him and tried to talk calmly. However, after this the student became angry and misbehaved with the guards. At the same time, according to Iranian newsletter Amir Kabir, the student took off her clothes in protest against the dress code rules of the institute. Shortly after the student took off her clothes, the Iranian police took her into custody.
Question- 2: What happened to the Iranian student after her arrest? answer: According to ABC News, Ahou Daryaei is currently being kept in a psychiatric center in Tehran. University spokesperson Amir Mahjob posted on X and said that the condition of the student is not mentally good. He is under mental pressure and has mental illness.
According to the university spokesperson, Daryai is the mother of two children and has been living separately from her husband for some time. For this reason she was mentally disturbed. Amnesty International has demanded the Iranian police authorities to immediately and unconditionally release the student.
Question- 3: If a student does not follow the dress code in Iran, then what is the provision of punishment for her? answer: The Constitution of Iran talks about equality between men and women through Article 20. Apart from this, through Article 21, women have been given the privileges to drive a car and study in the university.
In this law, there is mention of wearing women's clothes in universities and public places. Under this, a provision of up to 10 years in jail has been made for women wearing provocative dresses in public places. The law related to dress code in university campus has been made more stringent in August 2022.
Women who break this law have been asked to be punished with 74 lashes and a fine of up to Rs 35,000.
Question- 4: Has it always been a compulsion for women in Iran to wear hijab? answer: No, Iranian women were required to wear hijab after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Before that, under the rule of Shah Pahlavi, Iran was quite free in terms of women's clothing. Its credit is given to King Pahlavi Shah of Iran. He tried to give equal rights to men and women.
Girls going to study at Tehran University. This was the first university where Iranian girls could study. (Nevit Dilmen)
At that time, girls in western dress were often seen having picnics on the streets of Tehran. (Nevit Dilmen)
Iranian girls with makeup and open hair. It is still not forbidden for women to walk on the streets, but such make-up and hair have stopped being visible, because now it is forbidden for them to go on the streets without hijab.
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi with his wife Queen Fauzia and Princess Shehnaz. Rani Fauzia is not wearing any hijab or Islamic dress in this picture. (Source: AP)
1971 photo. In this, a girl in western dress is trying to get closer to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
Question- 5: What happened in 1979 that Iranian women were forced to give up skirts and wear hijab? answer: In the 1970s, the popularity of Shia religious leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was increasing rapidly in Iran. He was challenging the policies of King Pahlavi Shah who was in power. In 1978, under his leadership, 20 lakh people gathered at Shahyad Chowk to protest against Shah. This is called Islamic Revolution. Women also participated enthusiastically in this.
Now see in the pictures below, how the lives of women in Iran became after the Islamic Revolution of 1979…
On March 9, 1979, more than 1 lakh Iranian women gathered on the streets of Tehran, the capital of Iran. She was protesting against the new Islamic government's decision to impose compulsory hijab.
Women in burqa going for Friday prayers in 1980.
Women protesting for strict enforcement of hijab rules for all women in 2006. In this picture all the women are in burqa, except a little girl.
In 2022, 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, a resident of Kurdistan province in Iran, died in police custody. Amini was arrested by Iran's morality police for not wearing the hijab properly.
After his arrest, while taking him to the detention center, the Morality Police tore Amini's clothes and beat him up. After this Amini died in the hospital. After the death, there were demonstrations against the morality police from Kurdistan to Tehran.
This picture is of 13 September 2022. When Mahsa Amini went to Tehran, the capital of Iran with her brother. Morality police had taken her into custody accusing her of not wearing hijab properly.
A large number of people attended the funeral of Mahsa Amini. The women attending the funeral had taken off their hijabs in protest. During the protest against hijab, many women even cut their hair. 551 people died and thousands were arrested during the protest.
After almost 3 months of protests, the Iranian government had decided to abolish the morality police.
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