[ April 24, 2024 ]
An Iranian woman said she was given 20 years behind bars for the crime of removing her headscarf in public.
Shaparak Shajarizadeh said she was sentenced specifically for “opposing the compulsory hijab” and also for waving a white flag in the street, as shown in a post on her own website.
Iran and the culture of sharia for women — and this is what the leftists and feminists love to embrace. Go figure.
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An Iranian woman says she has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for removing her compulsory Islamic headscarf out of protest.
Shaparak Shajarizadeh said she had been jailed for “opposing the compulsory hijab” and “waving a white flag of peace in the street” in a post on her personal website.
There was no immediate comment from Iranian officials.
A spokesperson for the Iranian embassy in London could not confirm the claim, and directed The Independent to Iranian judicial sources, who have been contacted for comment.
In February, police in Iran arrested 29 people for removing their headscarves as part of a campaign known as “White Wednesdays.”
Nasrin Sotoudeh, a prominent human rights lawyer who represented Ms Shajarizadeh and other women, was arrested last month.
Ms Shajarizadeh, 42, was subject to torture and beatings after her arrest, her lawyer said, according to Amnesty International.
She was released on bail in late April. Her current whereabouts were unknown.
In Iran, women showing their hair in public face penalties ranging from a $25 (£19) fine to prison time.
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14 Comments
5 years ago
N.O.W. protests expected to begin at any minute, NOT…
5 years ago
Reply to
MAS
Does not apply. This is a case of “when in Rome…”, unless you’re a foreign official representing a foreign government.
5 years ago
While fake American feminists spent the last year fetishistic & normalizing the hijab, real feminists in Iran discarded their slave Islamic burkas in protest against actual oppression.
5 years ago
Reply to
taxpayer22
One moves forward, the other back. A huge difference between the two, and one which will shape their respective futures eventually.
5 years ago
Its no different in Uk in fact in many ways far worse. In UK sharia Police go after those who protest muslim gang rapists and other crimes http://bit.ly/2r6F3cp
Free speech only for Left/liberal jihadis to abuse and insult conservatives , patriots who oppose them !
5 years ago
There is more bravery in this one woman than all of the western women’s movement which is an insult to the concept of humanity.
5 years ago
#becauseIslam
5 years ago
And this hijab is something liberal Western “feminists” still try their best to defend and support. How sickening.
5 years ago
Reply to
Halal Bacon
What’s this meme about? Has Trudeau been molesting little girls for allah the barbarian?
5 years ago
“torture and beatings” the signature of islamic jurisprudence allah over the muslum world…
5 years ago
She should protest having to wear it……She should come out from among them and get a life……
5 years ago
What a travesty. She will never live that long. And we have Putin and his fascist goon squads supporting Iran and N.Korea and Syria. If Putin backed off, the US could get rid of this evil very quickly and with impunity.
5 years ago
I expected they would have received the death penalty.
