Iranian authorities reportedly issued arrest warrants for a mother and her daughter after a video showing a man attacking them in a shop went viral.
CCTV footage from a shop in Iran shows a man confronting two women and then throwing a tub of yoghurt at them.In a viral video, a man can be seen throwing yoghurt on two women whose hair is uncovered.On Saturday, Iran's president reiterated the country's legal requirement for women to wear the hijab.
The women were also the subject of arrest warrants for flouting Iran's strict female dress rules, state media reported. "But the important point is that there is a legal requirement ... and the hijab is today a legal matter."Reports on social media showed the shop had been shut, and the owner was quoted by a local news agency as saying he had been allowed to reopen and was due to "give explanations" to a court.
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