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Iranian Woman Sentenced for Having ‘No-Hijab Infectious Disease
by Roghayeh Rezaei, Iran Wire, July 12, 2023
A criminal court in Tehran has handed a woman accused of flouting mandatory hijab rules six months in prison and a two-year travel ban, and ordered her to attend six months of counseling sessions for the treatment of her “mental illness.”
As an alternative sentence, the court imposed up to 300 hours of community service and mandatory psychotherapy sessions twice a week.
A photograph of the court ruling began circulating on social networks on July 10, sparking outrage among Iranians over the increasing number of cases targeting women who defy compulsory veiling laws.
In an act of defiance against the ideology and laws of the Islamic Republic, a growing number of women have appeared in public without hijab since nationwide protests erupted in September last year.
Some defiant women were arrested, summoned by the authorities and faced legal cases, while hundreds of businesses were shut down for allegedly failing to enforce the Islamic Republic’s strict dress codes on their customers.
A civil activist in Tehran who has chosen not to wear the hijab in public, tells IranWire that the Iranian judiciary seeks to “humiliate women and undermine their efforts to create social change.”
Or, anything remotely resembling equality with men. Many Muslims cannot tolerate women who are not invisible.
The Second Criminal Court of the Judicial Complex in Tehran said the woman in the latest case was affected by the “no-hijab infectious disease” and accused her of engaging in “sexual promiscuity.”
The woman was imposed the travel ban over concerns she could engage in “anti-Iranian” activities during foreign trips.
According to the court, flouting compulsory hijab laws is an “anti-social” behavior that constitutes “a contagious mental illness.”
It claimed that Western security services “exploit this illness, furthering their anti-Iranian agenda within Iranian society.”…
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