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Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Iran charges two prominent actresses for not wearing headscarves
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Iran has charged two prominent actresses for publishing pictures of themselves flouting the country’s dress code for women, just weeks after announcing a crackdown on breaches, local media reports.
Police in Tehran have referred the case against Katayoun Riahi and Pantea Bahram to Iran’s judiciary, accusing them of “the crime of removing the hijab in public and posting photos on the internet,” the Tasnim news agency says.
If prosecuted, the pair could face fines or prison terms.
Earlier this month police said they would begin using “smart” technology in public places to crack down on women defying Iran’s compulsory dress code.
Last week, photos of Bahram, 53, went viral after she posed without a headscarf at a film screening, while Riahi, 61, posted several photos taken in public places around Tehran in which she did not wear a headscarf.
Actress Pantea Bahram posed for photos without a headscarf at the screening of the last episode of the dramatic series, “The Lion’s Skin,” in Tehran.
More and more women in Iran are peacefully defying the state's forced-hijab rule.#پانتهآ_بهرام#بیحجابی_سراسری pic.twitter.com/H16JEr99PE
— Center for Human Rights in Iran (@ICHRI) April 20, 2023
The requirement for women to wear the headscarf in public was imposed shortly after the Islamic Revolution of 1979.
The Times of Israel Community.