Mahsa amini and Iran’s rigid laws

 





Mahsa Amini's death has shown Iran’s biased policy against women's freedom. She died in a coma following her detention by the moral police. Mahsa Amini was apprehended for improperly wearing a hijab by the Moral Police. Now you must be thinking what is the moral police? The moral police were established in the year 2005 by the state, basically, the moral police run the van in public places, e.g, in markets. And the work of the police is to keep their eyes on the women, are they following the proper dress code or not? shocked?

but that’s true.

Mahsa amini death has led to public outrage across the country. People have started gathering majorly women. They are waving and burning their veils. Cutting and shaving their hair & head publicly. Asking the accountability for her death. The public is questioning the authority regarding their freedom and these rigid religious rules which are against women’s autonomy.

 It leads to another question, why does the state amalgamate the state law with religious rules?

For the answer, we need to understand the fundamentalist law of Iran and for that, we need to go back to history. It all started with the Iranian revolution in 1979, the reason for the revolution was to overthrow the monarchical form of govt and establish the Islamic republic. The day of the revolution was also called Black Friday as it took the lives of 100 people. It happened under the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini.

Revolution always brings radical change in society same happened there too. In the context of women the consequences were extensive, it snatched the rights of the women & dictate how to dress-

·         Mandatory veiling &follow hijab

·         Headcover &fitting clothes

·         Mixed-gender parties are not allowed.

·         Mixes gender dancing is banned

·         Men and women are not allowed to swim together

·         Women aren’t allowed to attend a sports events.

 

 The death raised several questions who will take accountability for her death? Iranian government said “we are investigating the whole case” since moral police has apprehended her so Moral police would be the culprit, ultimately state’s biased law.

In our world, there are the women like Jacinda Ardern who hold the position of of New Zealand but on the other hand, Iran’s women are fighting for their basic rights.

 

 

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  1. Literally, the way u explain this topic is truly very amazing!!!keep writing.....

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