Iran sets up ‘treatment clinic’ for women defying hijab laws

THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED IT’S SETTING UP A SO-CALLED “TREATMENT CLINIC” FOR WOMEN WHO DO NOT COMPLY WITH MANDATORY HIJAB LAWS. A HIJAB IS A HEAD COVERING SOME MUSLIM WOMEN WEAR TO COVER THEIR HEAD.

THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES JUST OVER A WEEK AFTER A FEMALE IRANIAN COLLEGE STUDENT STRIPPED DOWN TO HER UNDERWEAR IN PROTEST IN TEHRAN. IRAN’S MORALITY POLICE ARRESTED THE WOMAN FOR NOT DRESSING IN ACCORDANCE WITH SHARIA LAWS.

A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT SAID THE WOMAN IS A “TROUBLED INDIVIDUAL” WHO WAS PLACED IN A TREATMENT CENTER TO RECEIVE CARE, REUTERS REPORTS.

HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SAYS IRANIAN AUTHORITIES ARE WAGING A WAR ON WOMEN AND GIRLS THROUGH INCREASING VIOLENT CRACKDOWNS “ON THOSE DEFYING DRACONIAN COMPULSORY VEILING LAWS AND HAVE INTENSIFIED THEIR USE OF THE DEATH PENALTY TO SILENCE DISSENT.”

IN SEPTEMBER 2022 A YOUNG WOMAN NAMED MASHA/ZHINA AMINI AND HER BROTHER WERE VISITING TEHRAN WHEN THEY WERE STOPPED BY THE MORALITY POLICE WHO ARRESTED MASHA FOR ALLEGEDLY NOT WEARING HER HIJAB PROPERLY.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SAYS IRANIAN POLICE PUSHED HER INTO A VAN AND BEAT HER WHILE THEY TOOK HER TO AN EDUCATIONAL REFORM CLASS. HOWEVER, SHE FELL INTO A COMA AND DIED IN CUSTODY THREE DAYS LATER AT THE AGE OF 22.

HER DEATH SPARKED NATIONWIDE PROTESTS AND IRANIAN OFFICIALS HAVE USED TORTURE AND EXECUTION TO PUNISH THOSE WHO’VE CHALLENGED IRANIAN LAWS.

IRAN’S HEAD OF THE WOMEN AND FAMILY DEPARTMENT OF THE TEHRAN HEADQUARTERS FOR THE PROMOTION OF VIRTUE AND PREVENTION OF VICE ANNOUNCED THE NEW TREATMENT FACILITY WILL OFFER QUOTE “SCIENTIFIC AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENT FOR HIJAB REMOVAL,” THE GUARDIAN REPORTS.