The oppression of dissidents by Iran’s dictatorship continues as well as the virtual neglect of many in the news media to their plight. Vida Movahed, the courageous Iranian woman who dared to take off her hijab in public and wave it in protest is missing, likely arrested by the regime and in their brutal custody. Nevertheless, few seem to care.
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— Banafsheh Zand (@BanPourZan) January 24, 2018
Iranian woman who bravely stood on a pillar box in Tehran waving her hijab is ‘missing’ and feared arrested, lawyer says
The Iranian woman who protested the country’s ‘modesty’ dress code by standing on a pillar box in Tehran and waving a hijab, is missing and feared to have been arrested.
She had taken off her white headscarf and tied it to a stick in an apparent reference to the ‘White Wednesday’ protests against clothing restrictions on women in Iran.
Not covering your hair in public is a punishable offense for Iranian women, and the unnamed protester, a 31-year-old mother-of-one, is believed to have been arrested by police.
The woman has not been seen since the video of her standing on the pillar box on one of the city’s busiest thoroughfares, without a headscarf or long coat as required under Islamic law, went viral.
The video, widely shared on social media, showed her waving a white scarf in a solemn and brave protest.
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