Iran: To veil or not to veil

Sharmine Narwani- During a two-week visit to #Iran, I witnessed women of all ages walking freely on the streets without the hijab. But, what we're not told, is that they have been doing so for years.

During a two-week visit to Iran, I witnessed women of all ages walking freely on the streets without the hijab. But, what we’re not told, is that they have been doing so for years.

The explosion of protests in Iran that began in September were not about the Islamic Republic’s “hijab law” specifically, but about the abuses and excesses of the so-called morality police – the Gasht-e-Ershad (also known simply as Ershad, or in English, the ‘guidance patrol’) – against regular Iranian women who were considered to be immodestly garbed.

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https://thealtworld.com/sharmine_narwani/iran-to-veil-or-not-to-veil