Nearly three months after anti-hijab protests broke out in Iran, the country's judiciary has ordered the police to "firmly punish" those who violate the hijab law, according to a report by Mehr News Agency on Tuesday, 10 January.
What does this mean? Since the protests after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was allegedly killed by the country's morality police for violating the hijab law, more women have been taking to the streets without headscarves. However, according to the report, Iran's judiciary has directed the police to strictly enforce it from the beginning of this year.
On Tuesday, the news agency reported that the prosecutor general issued a directive wherein "police were ordered to firmly punish any hijab violations."