Iran arrests 29 women as headscarf protests intensify

[Independent voter]

Our women complain about trivial crap in comparison, they should cut us a break until the rest of the world catches up.





https://www.yahoo.com/news/iran-arre...114135239.html




Tehran (AFP) - Tehran police have arrested 29 women for appearing in public without a headscarf as protests against the dress code in force since the Islamic revolution of 1979 intensify, Iranian media reported Friday.

Those arrested were accused of public order offences and referred to the state prosecutor's office, the Fars, ILNA and Tasnim news agencies reported without elaborating.
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Chief prosecutor Mohammad Jafar Montazeri had played down the escalating protests on Wednesday, saying they were "trivial" and "childish" moves possibly incited by foreigners.

He had been asked about a woman detained earlier this week for standing on a pillar box in a busy street waving her headscarf on the end of a stick.

Unprecedented images of at least 11 women protesting the same way had been widely shared on social media.

A prominent human rights lawyer told AFP on Tuesday that one of the detained women had her bail set at more than $100,000 (80,000 euros).

Montazeri said those flouting "hijab" rules -- which require headscarves and modest clothing -- must have been encouraged by outsiders.

But even religiously conservative Iranians have voiced support for the protests, with many saying that religious rules should be a personal choice.

At least two photos shared on Twitter on Wednesday showed women in traditional black chador robes, standing on pillar box with signs supporting freedom of choice for women.

One held a sign reading: "I love my hijab but I'm against compulsory hijab."

Female activist Azar Mansouri, a member of the reformist Union of Islamic Iranian People party, said attempts to control female clothing had failed over many decades.

"Women show their opposition to such forceful approaches by their very clothing, from resisting covering their hair to wearing long boots and leggings," she wrote in a series of tweets this week.

Women have increasingly flouted the Islamic republic's clothing rules in recent years and often let their headscarves fall around their necks.

Morality police once rigidly enforced the rules, but are a much less common sight since President Hassan Rouhani came to power in 2013, promising greater civil liberties.

The protests appear to mirror that of a woman who stood in Tehran's busy Enghelab (Revolution) Street in December without a headscarf and waving a white scarf on a stick.

She was reportedly kept in detention for nearly a month and has since kept a low profile.

- 'Result of our mistakes' -

Reformist lawmaker Soheila Jelodarzadeh said the protests were a reaction to the harsh policies of the past.

"Once upon a time we imposed restriction on women and put them under unnecessary pressure and that provoked these protests with women taking off their headscarves in the streets," she told ILNA.

"It's the result of our mistakes."

The deputy speaker of parliament Ali Motahari, who has been an outspoken critic of the authorities on other issues, including the house arrest of opposition leaders, played down the significance of the protests.

"There is no coercion as far as the headscarf is concerned and many women go out in the streets dressed how they want," he told the ISNA news agency.

"The fact that a handful of women are waving their headscarves in the air is not a big event.

"The country's problem is not the headscarf and women respect it more or less. We don't want to make a show of severity."

[derpkitteh]

they are truly brave, and i hope things go their way.

i feel like the us is going to mess this up with the iran deal though. if we keep the iran deal as it is, and try to better relations with them, that will help these women.

if the iran deal blows up, it's probably only going to increase radicalization in iran.

[Ghostpanther]

they are truly brave, and i hope things go their way.

i feel like the us is going to mess this up with the iran deal though. if we keep the iran deal as it is, and try to better relations with them, that will help these women.

if the iran deal blows up, it's probably only going to increase radicalization in iran.

If it leads to them overthrowing a tyrannical government, then good. And the Iran Nuclear deal was total bullshit anyway. They are working on getting nuclear weapons as I type this.

[derpkitteh]

If it leads to them overthrowing a tyrannical government, then good. And the Iran Nuclear deal was total bullshit anyway. They are working on getting nuclear weapons as I type this.

if the people suffer under economic turmoil due to sanctions and other such things, radicalization will increase.

iran's not that bad of a place, considering the rest of the middle east. we need to keep it that way, and help it grow into something better.

[primalmatter]

Their culture not ours if they want to do it there its fine.

[Ghostpanther]

if the people suffer under economic turmoil due to sanctions and other such things, radicalization will increase.

iran's not that bad of a place, considering the rest of the middle east. we need to keep it that way, and help it grow into something better.

Their leadership does not care about that. They want oppressive laws they have to be even more widespread.

[Unholyground]

Religion is the true breakdown of humanity, segregating and keeping people down based on beliefs. It is the scariest kind of oppression because race does not matter.

[Ghostpanther]

Their culture not ours if they want to do it there its fine.

I agree with that to some extent. Each country does have the right to set their own laws. But I can still condemn such laws dealing with human rights as unjust ones. But of course I realize my limitations of making any changes there. But I do support those who live there fighting for a change.

[sarahtasher]

Ah, the usual suspects who get into convulsions about ''feminism'' pretend to care about Iranian women.

I'm sure dropping a few multi-million dollars missiles at the wrong targets is going to help them.

[Darkeon]

Ah, the usual suspects who get into convulsions about ''feminism'' pretend to care about Iranian women.

I'm sure dropping a few multi-million dollars missiles at the wrong targets is going to help them.

Who are these Usual Suspects?? I can't take the mystery anymore! - That and that you've seen them convulsing. You should probably report that to proper medical channel.

[Deleted]

In barbaric theocratic dictatorships brave women are fighting against religious slavery, oppression and their symbols.

In the free West alt-left feminazis, multi-cultists and other worthless human trash are fighting for the same religious slavery, oppression and their symbols.

What went wrong?

Ah, the usual suspects who get into convulsions about ''feminism'' pretend to care about Iranian women.

Quod erat demonstrandum.

[sarahtasher]

In barbaric theocratic dictatorships brave women are fighting against religious slavery, oppression and their symbols.

In the free West alt-left feminazis, multi-cultists and other worthless human waste are fighting for the same religious slavery, oppression and their symbols.

What went wrong?

This ''clever'' agitprop point is not standing much to scrutiny, since people notice quite easily that nutjobs routinely advocate about putting women back in the kitchen ,but it would be ''KOOLER'' since they would open their legs for a white owner. If a dude with a fedorah on YouTube advocated punching women who don't dress like he want, he would be obeyed instantly by his followers.

Short of that ''someone'' had the BRIGHT idea of thinking in the late seventies that the Shah was getting too uppity with silly ideas like ''selling his oil at the price he wanted'' and that it was better to replace him with people with good values, not godless commies ones.

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In barbaric theocratic dictatorships brave women are fighting against religious slavery, oppression and their symbols.

In the free West alt-left feminazis, multi-cultists and other worthless human trash are fighting for the same religious slavery, oppression and their symbols.

What went wrong?



Quod erat demonstrandum.

Of course, ''RELIGIOUS SLAVERY'' means ''RELIGION OTHER THAN CHRISTIANISM''. Because all the little MRA that come here daily to squeak that wumin should only be allowed to move from the kitchen to the bedroom by their owners who can beat them if they don't obey enough are not pushing slavery, since they are white conservatives.

Hell, one of the prophets of the alt-right, Vox Day, praised the Talibans pitching acid in the face of little girls-after all, if they know how to read, they will bred less pure white babies for their owners !|

[noidentity]

This ''clever'' agitprop point is not standing much to scrutiny, since people notice quite easily that nutjobs routinely advocate about putting women back in the kitchen ,but it would be ''KOOLER'' since they would open their legs for a white owner. If a dude with a fedorah on YouTube advocated punching women who don't dress like he want, he would be obeyed instantly by his followers.

Short of that ''someone'' had the BRIGHT idea of thinking in the late seventies that the Shah was getting too uppity with silly ideas like ''selling his oil at the price he wanted'' and that it was better to replace him with people with good values, not godless commies ones.

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Of course, ''RELIGIOUS SLAVERY'' means ''RELIGION OTHER THAN CHRISTIANISM''. Because all the little MRA that come here daily to squeak that wumin should only be allowed to move from the kitchen to the bedroom by their owners who can beat them if they don't obey enough are not pushing slavery, since they are white conservatives.

Hell, one of the prophets of the alt-right, Vox Day, praised the Talibans pitching acid in the face of little girls-after all, if they know how to read, they will bred less pure white babies for their owners !|

Who are these people you are "quoting" again?

[sarahtasher]

I know by the way that I'm not ''SMURT'' as some people, but as Iran is actually fighting ISIS and as the previous regime changes just managed to make matter worse including Iran is this really ''STOOPID SJW'' to point out that trying to get a regime change in Iran have little chances of going better than previous cases ?

(Especially as Iran is a much tougher target than Libya or Iraq)

[hynx]

Their culture not ours if they want to do it there its fine.

NO! fuck aspects of that culture that violates basic human rights.

[sarahtasher]

If it leads to them overthrowing a tyrannical government, then good. And the Iran Nuclear deal was total bullshit anyway. They are working on getting nuclear weapons as I type this.

As North Korea, I'm sorry to say that ''getting nuclear weapons'' strike me as a perfectly rational and logical strategic goal. If Iranians are persuaded that the United States are going to overthrow them by proxies or directly and that they are not trustworthy partners, why they would not get nuclear weapons ?

(Hint : saying that North Korea and Iran want weapons for rational goals does not means that it's ''okay'' for them to do so. They operate however under the fairly grounded assumption that a few dozen nukes are enough to make them ''unfreedomizable'')

[Lorgar Aurelian]

In barbaric theocratic dictatorships brave women are fighting against religious slavery, oppression and their symbols.

In the free West alt-left feminazis, multi-cultists and other worthless human trash are fighting for the same religious slavery, oppression and their symbols.

What went wrong?



Quod erat demonstrandum.

People in different parts of the world under different laws have different views of things, shocking.

[Moralgy]

In barbaric theocratic dictatorships brave women are fighting against religious slavery, oppression and their symbols.

In the free West alt-left feminazis, multi-cultists and other worthless human trash are fighting for the same religious slavery, oppression and their symbols.

What went wrong?



Quod erat demonstrandum.

Could you explain how they fight for women to be forced to wear religious clothing? At least be honest when you argue against people you don't like.

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NO! fuck aspects of that culture that violates basic human rights[/U].

Pretty much this, fuck that culture if they want to treat women like second class citizens.

[Hotto Pantsu]

What is this? Not long ago I learned from the current year fembots that the headscarf empowers women, but getting imprisoned is empowering? Must be a dungeon fetish.

[Spiffums]

American "women" think this is happening to them........... this is really happening to women outside of America. #sooutoftouch