ALBAWABA - Iran ended compulsory hijab, abolished morality police, and Iranian women are burning hijabs in the streets. Slogans that have been dominating online. But what happened in Iran?
Photos and videos of women in Iran burning their hijabs and walking in the streets freely without a veil have circulated on social media in the past few weeks, with people mentioning that Iran has officially removed the mandatory hijab law.
A video, which was the most shared online, showed a group of men and women with a fire in the middle as they were chanting and burning hijabs.
An Iranian woman, not wearing the mandatory hijab, walks in a street in the capital Tehran on December 12, 2024. Photo by AFP
"Iran Turns the Table: Hijab Is No Longer Compulsory, and Women Are Burning It in the Streets!" a Facebook user posted a video and wrote.
However, the video turned out to be old footage from the protests against the hijab law in Iran in 2022, during the protests that erupted after the death of Iranian activist Mahsa Amini while in the custody of the morality police in Tehran.
Did Iran officially abolish the Hijab law?
No, Iran has not abolished the compulsory hijab law.
Ali-Asghar Jahangir, Iran's judiciary spokesman, said on Oct. 14 that hijab laws remain in force. The announcement came amid ongoing discussions and controversy in the country and all over social media over the enforcement of the Islamic Republic's compulsory headscarf, Iran International reported.
Before the official declaration that hijab law is still in effect, Iranian conservative politician Mohammad Reza Bahonar sparked debate by saying there was no binding hijab law, but after the fuss inside the country, he retracted his statement.
