A Kurdish-Iranian lady named Roya Heshmati acquired 74 lashes after a photograph of her and not using a hijab was printed a couple of months in the past in Tehran, in accordance with Iranian human rights activists. Heshmati has been an outspoken critic of the Islamic regime’s hijab regulation.
Hengaw, a Kurdish human rights group, shared an account of the flogging the place Heshmati acknowledged that she eliminated her hijab upon coming into the courtroom the place the flogging was to happen. Despite being suggested to placed on her headband to keep away from hassle, she insisted on receiving the lashes. Even when threatened with a further 74 lashes, she maintained her stance and didn’t put on the hijab.
Eventually, two ladies got here and forcibly positioned a shawl on her head, handcuffing her to maintain the headscarf on. Heshmati described the room the place the sentence was carried out as resembling a fully-equipped medieval torture chamber.
During the flogging, Heshmati chanted quietly and made positive her ache was not perceived by these current. She additionally eliminated the headband as quickly as she left the room.
Heshmati’s lawyer, Maziar Tatai, acknowledged that she was initially arrested for publishing an image of herself with out the hijab. The Iranian judiciary modified the costs in opposition to her a number of occasions all through the method.
It was confirmed by the Mizan News Agency that Heshmati had been whipped 74 occasions however was not convicted for not sporting a hijab. Meanwhile, one other lady named Zeinab (Bahar) Khonyabpour was sentenced to 2 years in jail for publishing pictures and not using a hijab.
Iran intensifies enforcement of hijab legal guidelines
A Kurdish-Iranian lady, Amini, was arrested in Tehran in mid-September of 2022 for incorrectly sporting her hijab. She was overwhelmed by the officers and later died on the hospital, sparking nationwide demonstrations referred to as the “Woman, Life, Liberty” protests.
Mohammad Dehghan, the vp for authorized affairs below Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, addressed a brand new invoice promoted by the Iranian authorities that may intensify the penalties for not sporting the hijab.