A video showing a confrontation between an unveiled Iranian woman and a Shia cleric in Qom has sparked outrage. The cleric filmed the woman, who was with her baby at a clinic, without her consent. The incident led to widespread condemnation on social media, with users decrying the cleric's actions as harassment. In a related incident, a woman's head covering slipped while breastfeeding, leading to her being filmed by a cleric named Mohamad Esmaili. This act resulted in the woman being jailed, while public sentiment suggests that Esmaili may face consequences. The events have highlighted the risks women in Iran face for not adhering to compulsory veiling, with potential penalties including arrest and 74 lashes. These incidents have also prompted discussions on the broader issues of compulsory hijab, religion, and government in Iran, especially poignant on Mother's Day.
On Mother’s Day, let’s remember the brave women in Iran who risk arrest and 74 lashes for the “crime” of not covering their hair. See below. We must NEVER allow the Islamist segregationists - or their leftist apologists - to take hold in this country and oppress British women. https://t.co/swmxpg8z12
Brave woman in Iran confronts a mullah who filmed her for not wearing the compulsory veil in a hospital in Qom yesterday In the words of @Maryam_Rajavi, Iranians say: "No to compulsory hijab, No to compulsory religion, & No to a compulsory government" We can & we must #FreeIran https://t.co/ICPTrEJPqo
In Iran a woman was breastfeeding a baby & her head covering slipped. An Islamic cleric filmed her. He was surrounded by women who took his phone & knocked his headdress off. Apparently she is in jail but it is believed the cleric Mohamad Esmaili will have a reckoning. https://t.co/TaNl6DI8BD
ICYMI: A video depicting a tense encounter between a young unveiled Iranian woman and a Shia cleric filming her with her baby has triggered widespread outrage on social media, with users condemning the cleric's harassment and interference. https://t.co/lmIxhnbkqO
Mullah in Qom (Iran) gets his a$$ handed to him by the Iranian people after he took a photograph of an unveiled woman who went to the hospital for her baby. Pathetic small little men who get off policing and harassing women. The Iranian people are fed up. https://t.co/g75u4Yb5ts
A video obtained by @IranIntl shows a cleric confronting an unveiled Iranian woman at a clinic in the religious city of Qom. The woman, with her baby, is seen protesting angrily after realizing she's being recorded, demanding the cleric delete the video. https://t.co/mq6oAyRp7L