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Iran General Threatens Women Over Hijab Defiance
Iranian authorities have closed over 50 cafes nationwide to enforce hijab rules amid protests sparked by Mahsa Amini’s 2022 death, targeting social gatherings of unveiled women.
- This past week, Iranian judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei ordered the prosecutor general and national prosecutors to task security and law enforcement agencies with identifying organised and foreign‑related movements tied to social anomalies and promised full judicial backing for such enforcement.
- Since Mahsa Amini's death, rejection of the mandatory hijab has become more noticeable, sparking a grassroots Woman, Life, Freedom movement and a 'quiet revolution' of unveiled women, CHRI reports.
- Cafe owners report the new tactic is to target businesses directly, noting morality police seal cafes and fine owners up to $3,000; CHRI documented at least 50 closures in recent months.
- Hardline rhetoric accompanies enforcement moves, and Hassan‑Nia, senior Revolutionary Guards general, warned, `If the Leader permits, we will tear the skin off their heads,` while activists warn of more arrests after over 500 protesters died in 2022.
- Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's recent remarks urged women to remind others to observe Islamic dress codes, while some officials linked hijab non-observance to Iran’s water shortage as nighttime water cuts began on November 9.
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Total News Sources24
Leaning Left7Leaning Right4Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution50% Left
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- 50% of the sources lean Left
50% Left
L 50%
C 21%
R 29%
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