The move has been described as ‘chilling’ by activists and rights groups as arrests mount over dress code breaches

Summary

Iran announced plans to open a “hijab removal treatment clinic” to provide “scientific and psychological treatment” for women defying the country’s mandatory hijab laws, sparking outrage from activists and human rights groups.

Critics, including UK-based Iranian journalist Sima Sabet, condemned the clinic as “chilling” and akin to social exclusion.

Human rights lawyer Hossein Raeesi noted the clinic is unprecedented under both Islamic and Iranian law.

The move follows increased arrests, forced disappearances, and alleged abuses in psychiatric facilities targeting women and protesters in breach of hijab laws.

  • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1553·
    21 hours ago

    Deeply disturbing. It’s so easy to forget that this is a picture of Iran in the 1970s.

    • b161@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      82·
      6 hours ago

      Imagine the world without America / Israel invading anywhere that showed any sign of building a socialist society.

    • barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
      182·
      16 hours ago

      …in Teheran, while the rest of the country was pretty much still tribal.

      While it’s absolutely true that the average Iranian is vastly, vastly more liberal than their government let’s not turn around and glorify the Shah regime either. You don’t need to go back in time to show Iranians in a positive light.

      • Todd Bonzalez@lemm.eeEnglish
        8·
        9 hours ago

        This is a picture of Tehran’s upper class youth from the 70’s, and it is often posted as if it were everyday life in Iran.

        Spoiler: The rich in Iran can still do whatever they want.

          • dubyakayEnglish
            2·
            7 hours ago

            The same when you look at all the party reels on tiktok or insta. Not that I do, but I know someone who has an Iraniam girlfriend and they always party when they go back to Tehran, and they showed me a couple shorts from their trip.

        • antigengen@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          36 minutes ago

          The shah of iran was fascist. The fact he let the rich lives like americans doesn’t say anything about the condition of women under his regime. A few privileged women wearing a skirt isn’t enough to glorify a dictator.