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
    1803·
    1 month ago

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

    • barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
      273·
      1 month 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.

      • angrystego@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 month ago

        But you won’t find it in Teheran anymore. Iran was diverse then, now it’s as backwards in the big cities as it was in the country.

        • barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          1 month ago

          Iran didn’t turn tribal and is still diverse AF. Don’t confuse the people and overall culture with the backwards government which isn’t exactly popular.

          • dubyakayEnglish
            5·
            1 month 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.

            • angrystego@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              1 month ago

              Tiktok is not real life. Go watch or read Persepolis. I also know someone from Iran, they don’t go back anymore for good reasons. Things are getting worse there.

              • dubyakayEnglish
                1·
                1 month ago

                The reels that they were showing me on those platform were real. It was literally the person I know and their girlfriend partying on some rooftop Terrace in Tehran.

                This was two years ago though. They don’t go back any more either. Things may indeed have changed, but I lack a reliable source.

    • b161@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      176·
      1 month ago

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