1 week Ago By Bob Cronin
Iranian women who ignore the laws requiring them to keep their heads covered while in public will soon be in for "scientific and psychological treatment" to end their defiance. The head of the Women and Family Department of the Tehran Headquarters for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice announced the government's plans to open the Clinic for Quitting Hijab Removal. Mehri Talebi Darestani, who will run the Tehran clinic, said it will deal with "the teenage generation, young adults, and women seeking social and Islamic identity," per the .
She said attendance will be optional. This new approach is the latest move in the government's response to protests that followed the in morality police custody in 2022; the 22-year-old had been arrested for wearing her hijab improperly. About two weeks ago, a woman walking on a university campus in her underwear apparently was , renewing the outcry from opponents of hajib laws and the government.
The UN has called Iran's campaign "gender apartheid." Other steps have included covert surveillance of women and an increase in the number of morality police. Opposition to the creation of the Clinic for Quitting Hijab Removal was expressed by:.
