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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIran jails woman for removing headscarf in public
The woman, who has not been officially named, was found guilty of "encouraging moral corruption", Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari-Dolatabadi said.
He added that 21 months of the woman's sentence had been suspended and that she was in need of medical treatment.
It follows dozens of similar arrests of Iranian women in recent weeks.
Most of those detained for defying the country's strict law on appearing in public in a headscarf have been released without charge.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-43329896
EL34x4
(2,003 posts)Tipperary
(6,930 posts)No, not The Prisoner.
Hijab-removal is actually happening a lot in Iran right now. And a lot of them are escaping punishment. Good.
The sooner these idiotic strictures end, the better for everyone in Iran.
Young people in Iran, (and that's most of them. Iran has a huge population of under-30's) are tired of the Islamic Republic bullshit, and want to re-join the modern world. That's good.
A lot of them want the Shah back, and that's not so good.
But times are changing in the fabled land of Persia...
On edit: Okay, Response #8. But we're closing in on ten responses...
EX500rider
(10,872 posts)The Shah sucked but I'd take him over the Ayatollahs too.
grossproffit
(5,591 posts)Jake Stern
(3,145 posts)They say it's not a tool of oppression and subjugation but a matter of religious freedom and choice.
grossproffit
(5,591 posts)Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,505 posts)thigh" would do. What a bunch of worthless men-children assholes.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Perhaps it is one that will take hold here in the US.
grossproffit
(5,591 posts)or in any other Islamic nation.
IluvPitties
(3,181 posts)It happens everywhere.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Period.
IluvPitties
(3,181 posts)The Islamic world is notorious for this.
EX500rider
(10,872 posts)i.e., was beaten in jail.