Iran Is Planning To Set Up "Treatment Clinics" For Women Who Do Not Follow The Country’s Mandatory Hijab Laws
The "morality" police said the "hijab removal treatment clinic” would provide women with "scientific and psychological treatment for hijab removal”.
Iran is planning to set up "treatment clinics" for women who do not follow the country’s mandatory hijab laws.
The "morality" police said on Thursday Nov. 14 that the "hijab removal treatment clinic” would provide women with "scientific and psychological treatment for hijab removal”.
The news comes just days after an Iranian student stripped to her underwear after she was harassed by the "morality" police for not wearing her hijab properly and later taken to a psychiatric hospital.
This comes as part of Iranian authorities' crackdown on women for not complying with its mandatory hijab laws.
In 2023, Iran reintroduced the so-called “morality” police after brutally ending the mass protests against the death of Mahsa Amini.
The new clinics will reportedly aim to "help" women who are struggling with their "social and Islamic identity” and target young women, especially teenagers, who violate the hijab law.
The government says they are "voluntary spaces" where women can “reconnect with Islamic dress code and societal norms”.
However, there are concerns the clinics may be a way for authorities to forcefully detain women in state-run facilities under the pretense of “psychological treatment”.
Rights groups have criticized the plan, saying it is neither Islamic nor aligns with Iranian law and that it could be used to punish women who refuse to follow the dress code.
Cherry Mohamed
Cherry Mohamed
