As Iran’s government continues to crack down on dissent against its mandatory hijab laws and enforce them more strictly, the policy created an unintended negative economic consequence: Massive unemployment among tens of thousands of Iranians.
The considerable loss of jobs comes as the Islamic Republic closed down at least 2,000 businesses in March alone after women refused to comply with its mandatory hijab rules, resulting in tens of thousands losing their jobs.
Almost a year after 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died under the custody of Iran’s morality police after not wearing her hijab correctly, another woman lost her life after a fight over a forced hijab dispute last April 23rd.
The Islamic Republic has recently unveiled new plans to further impose its strict mandatory hijab laws despite massive backlash from Iranian women after the death of Mahsa Amini last September 2022, promising to further crackdown on dissent against the rule.
Some of these proposed policies include setting up hijab enforcement groups in the stations of the Tehran metro, which would ban any woman not wearing a headscarf from entering and effectively ban them from going to work or school.
A female Russian military officer caused controversy in Iran by attending a public event while wearing a short-sleeved military uniform without a hijab, sparking further debate on the country’s mandatory hijab rules.
Since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini under the custody of the Iranian morality police for allegedly not wearing her hijab correctly, massive waves of demonstrations, primarily led by Iranian women, have challenged not just the country’s mandatory hijab law but also the regime that strictly enforces it.
Independent online news site IranWire released a shocking, in-depth report of the Islamic Republic’s use of child soldiers during the massive protests that rocked the country since the death of Mahsa Amini under police custody in September 2022.
Media outlets IranWire and Iran International have learned that the Islamic Republic regime forced Iranian secondary schoolgirls to watch pornographic videos to deter them from joining the protests that have rocked Iran since September.
A shocking report says authorities forced schoolgirls in Iran to watch porn videos, even videos of sex with animals, to deter them from taking part in protests. pic.twitter.com/0tX8aYRUUj
An article from the British online magazine Spiked revealed that a private liberal arts college in Minnesota temporarily closed and censored an art exhibition of a feminist artist after claiming some Muslim students were offended by it.
Hundreds of schoolgirls in Iran’s holy city of Qom have been hospitalized after feeling sick in recent months. A minister also confirmed they were poisoned to keep them out of schools.
After authorities initially launched an investigation and said there was no evidence of poison, Iran’s deputy health minister Younes Panahi implicitly confirmed in a press conference that the girls were deliberately poisoned.
