Iranian Women Who Violate Clothes Rules Will Be Punished, Releasing Hijab Is Considered To Show Enmity Against The State

Protests after Mahsa Amini's death in Iran. (Wikimedia Commons/Darafsh)

JAKARTA - Women who violate Islamic dress rules will be punished, Iran's Chief Justice Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei said Monday, according to IRNA's official news agency, reaffirming the law after months of unrest, led to a deadly crackdown by security forces.

"Releasing the headscarf is tantamount to showing hostility towards the Islamic Republic of Iran and its values. People who commit such abnormal acts will be punished," said Ejei, quoted by Reuters on March 7.

"With the help of the judiciary and executive, the authorities will use all available means to deal with people who cooperate with the enemy, as well as commit sins that damage this public order," he explained.

Ejeni said the steps would soon be taken in coordination with security forces against people who do not comply with the 'public opaque' law, requiring women to wear headscarves in public places.

"You will see the results," Ejeni said in remarks broadcast by the Mizan court news agency, citing The National News.

It is known that the death of Kurdish-Iran woman Mahsa Amini (22 years) on September 16 last year, while in moral police custody for violating dress codes, sparked national protests that have been one of the toughest challenges for her since her founding in 1979.

The crackdown that was getting worse by security forces has recently been said to have managed to quell riots in recent weeks.

One of the famous Iranian women who released the headscarf as a form of protest against the government was Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (25) or better known as Sara Khadem.

Iranian women who were forced to stay in Spain, after competing without a hijab in Kazakhstan in support of protests against the Tehran rulers, said they had no regrets, although he also received an arrest warrant.

"Still, removing the headscarf is something I think is right to do and I don't regret anything," he said, adding that he was only wearing a headscarf at the tournament when there was a camera, and many Iranian sportsmen felt the same way.

"But that (without the hijab) has become one of the symbols of the movement in Iran and I have also decided to finally do something I want, be myself... I am motivated by the Iranian people," he said.