two more from earlier today, and a video of a man protesting
the statements from government officials are these, my [bad] translations:
a famous congressman, Ali Motaharri: "there's no forcing women to wear hijabs in the society, and most women go out any way they like, so there's no force being employed. the fact that a few girls are waving their scarves in the air isn't that important." super dismissive and complete bs and factually wrong
attorney general of iran, Mohammad Jafar Montazeri: "if a woman walks in the streets without hijab, she's committing a crime according to the law. taking off your scarf in the street to be provocative is a childish move." he's right that it is against the law.
prosecutor general of tehran, Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi, he confirmed the arrest of one of the protesters and said about them: "they're committing a crime and we'll do our duty in handling the situation."
there have been three government officials who have said something about the movement, all of them have been dismissive. obviously it is against the law and if they see someone doing it they'll arrest them, it just seems like girls are doing this for a few minutes and then going, in fear of being arrested. so far only one of them has been arrested.Seems like the government already condemned it as unislamic and against the law and threatened them.
the statements from government officials are these, my [bad] translations:
a famous congressman, Ali Motaharri: "there's no forcing women to wear hijabs in the society, and most women go out any way they like, so there's no force being employed. the fact that a few girls are waving their scarves in the air isn't that important." super dismissive and complete bs and factually wrong
attorney general of iran, Mohammad Jafar Montazeri: "if a woman walks in the streets without hijab, she's committing a crime according to the law. taking off your scarf in the street to be provocative is a childish move." he's right that it is against the law.
prosecutor general of tehran, Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi, he confirmed the arrest of one of the protesters and said about them: "they're committing a crime and we'll do our duty in handling the situation."
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