The new laws, which were passed by the Iranian parliament earlier this month, have introduced severe penalties for women in the name of promoting a 'culture of chastity and hijab'.
The new laws, which were passed by the hardline Iran ian parliament earlier this month, have introduced severe penalties for women in the name of promoting a 'culture of chastity and hijab'.
If the Iranian authorities finds the offence has mounted to 'corruption on earth' the defendant could be sentenced to death under article 296 of Iran's Islamic penal code. This comes after woman in Iran repeatedly stood up against the regime's draconian morality laws by defiantly removing their headscarves in public.
The supreme leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The new laws, which were passed by the hardline Iranian parliament earlier this month, have introduced severe penalties for women in the name of promoting a 'culture of chastity and hijab'Diana Eltahawy, Amnesty's deputy director for the Middle East, told The Guardian: 'This shameful law intensifies the persecution of women and girls for daring to stand up for their rights following the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising.
Last month, a video of a female student in Iran went viral after she stripped to her underwear in the street. This was reportedly in protest at the strict dress code. Iran's reformist president Masoud Pezeshkian has warned the legislation would only lead to further discontent in Iranian society
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