When were women forced to wear hijabs in Iran?

1979
Politicized bodies. Khomeini began urging women to wear veils as early as spring 1979. In 1983, Parliament decided that women who do not cover their hair in public will be punished with 74 lashes. Since 1995, unveiled women can also be imprisoned for up to 60 days.

How old do you have to be to wear a hijab in Iran?

Basically Islam says that girls should start wearing the hijab from the age of 9. However, in Iran, girls usually do so almost when their body gets mature like a woman. If you are traveling with your young daughter, you can pack her some long jeans and loose T-shirts or shirts.

Is a hijab mandatory?

Muslim women are required to observe the hijab in front of any man they could theoretically marry. This means that hijab is not obligatory in front of the father, brothers, grandfathers, uncles or young children.

How are women treated in Iran?

According to Sharia, women inherit half of what a man would, and compensation for the death of a woman is also half. Sharia law still favors men, but Article 21 of the constitution as well as a few parliament-passed laws give women some advantages. Women are allowed to drive, hold public office, and attend university.

How is Iran enforcing the mandatory hijab?

These arrests are accompanied by violence, and 27 ministries and institutions are tasked with enforcing the mandatory Hijab on Iranian women. In very few occasions where a bystander manages to film the state security forces or morality patrols’ treatment of women in the streets, the video clips are truly heart-rending and horrifying.

What is it like to be a teenager in Iran?

Teenagers and young people in Iran are routinely stopped by the “morality police” responsible primarily for policing people’s appearances and adherence to wearing the hijab. For women it is the way they wear their headscarves and the length of their overcoats.

What are the “nazer” hijab campaigns?

The “Nazer” Hijab Campaigns send thousands of security forces to the streets to harass and arrest Iranian women and girls. The regime justifies its campaigns under the pretext of “moral security” and dealing with “improper veiling.”

How many women are arrested in Iran every day for veiling?

The Commander of the State Security Force, Hossein Ashtari, once boasted that his forces arrest at least 2,000 women every day in cities across the country, for flouting the compulsory veil (The state-run Tasnim news agency, September 29, 2016).