AND past one year after the death of Mahsa Amini, the twenty-two-year-old Kurdish woman who lost her life on September 16, 2022 in Tehran while in custody by the moral police because she did not wear the hijab correctly. One year and five days. So with perfect timing Iran tightens punishments for women who do not wear the veil. And he approves a bill that has been in the works for some time and today sees the light of day. From fines up to prison for 10 yearsthis is what an Iranian woman risks who shows herself bareheaded.
Iran, up to 10 years in prison for those who do not wear the veil. And the world is watching
The country is in turmoil. The preventive arrests and threats prevented the explosion of another wave of protests on the anniversary of the “tragic incident” – as Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi defined it while speaking to the United Nations. But international public opinion is lacking in its support for the Iranian revolution.
Mahsa Amini and Iranian women they were yes candidates by three political groups (Popular, Socialists and Renew Europe – Emmanuel Macron’s Action and Renaissance group) to the prize Sakharov 2023the prestigious recognition of the European Parliament dedicated to freedom of thought.
Iranian President Raisi, “the butcher of Tehran” at the UN
Nevertheless Alone yesterday Ebrahim Raisi spoke undisturbed at the United Nations General Assembly, and holding the Quran in his hand. Only the Israeli ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, raised a critical sign. “It’s time for Iranian women to gain their freedom.”
«History will record that the Butcher of Tehran addressed the United Nations today and no democracy said or did anything about the fact that his regime – which beats, blinds, tortures and rapes women protesters – will be president of the UN Human Rights Council Forum.” She wrote on Twitter Hillel Neuer, president of UN Watch.
Iran and the “culture of chastity and hijab”
We are here, and it is at this point in history that Tehran drops a new, very heavy ax on the freedom of expression, and not only, of its citizens. In this context, in fact, the Iranian parliament approved – with 152 votes in favour, 34 deputies against and 7 abstentions – the new law to “support the culture of chastity and hijab”.
While the regulation in force previously provided for a prison term of 10 days to 2 months for women who do not wear the veil in public, from today anyone who does not comply with the new regulations will receive very severe punishments. From sanctions (from 118 to 6 thousand dollars) to prison. Up to a maximum of ten years’ imprisonment “for those who work in cahoots with foreign governments” or “use social media to mock the hijab”. The measure also provides for dismissal, confiscation of cars, closure of businesses, confiscation of passports and a ban on leaving the country for six months to two years.
From school to the media, the new liberticidal bill
The bill also concerns rules to promote hijab and chastity in schools, in the media and in the tourism sector. The various ministries, such as that of Public Education, are required to “introduce and promote the symbols and models of the Islamic lifestyle, avoiding the promotion of immoral sexuality, unhealthy relationships and individualistic and anti-family models”.
That of Economy and Finance will have to “ban the importation of prohibited clothing, statues, dolls, mannequins, paintings and other products that promote nudity and indecency” . They will be stopped at customs books or images that promote “immorality”. While the Department of Tourism will have to plan trips and tours based on the “Islamic model of Iran.”
Compliance with the measures ensured by cameras and AI
Compliance with the measures will be ensured by the police forces and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Thanks to CCTV footage from surveillance cameras and artificial intelligence. In a short circuit between past and future, obscurantism and technology, which gives shivers.
The text of the provision must be validated by the Council of Guardians of the Constitution. Before becoming definitive it envisages an experimental period of three years.
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