Iranian women who do not wear the veil may be punished with psychological treatments in clinicsin a new move by the Iranian government to try to reintroduce the Islamic garment that many women have stopped wearing since the death of Mahsa Amini in 2022.
Attendance at a “Hijab Foul Rehabilitation ClinicThe “Hijabi” clinic may be imposed as an alternative to fines and by court order, Mohammad Reza Mirshamsi, deputy director of social affairs at the Center for Ordaining Good and Forbidding Evil, told the media on Thursday. Didban.
“By participating in meetings at these clinics se will realize the harm of removing the hijab. and abandon this illegitimate and illegal practice,” Mirshamsi said.
The deputy director for social affairs at the Center for Ordaining Good and Prohibiting Evil has indicated that the measure follows the guidelines set by the country’s president, Masud Pezeshkian, who advocated during the election campaign that the issue of the headscarf was educational and not policing.
The announcement of the new clinic follows the arrest earlier this month of a young woman for staying in her underwear at a university in Tehran.in an action that was seen as an act of protest after allegedly having a problem with security there because of the veil.
Many Iranian women have stopped wearing the veil.o as a gesture of civil disobedience since Amini’s death in September 2022.after she was arrested by the morality police for not wearing the Islamic veil properly, and whose death provoked strong protests.
Parliament approved a law in 2023 which was ratified in September by the Guardian Council – the body that vetoes legislation – and must now be promulgated by Iranian President Masud Pezeshkian, a reformist.
The law establishes punishments for women who violate the strict dress code with. prison sentences of up to five years for repeat offenses, fines of up to $2,000, confiscation of automobiles and a ban on driving, as well as deductions from wages or employment benefits or a travel ban.