Sahar, an Iranian woman living in Australia, recounts a terrifying experience where she was threatened at gunpoint by Basiji militia members for not wearing a hijab. This incident highlights the intensifying crackdown on women's freedoms in Iran, particularly in light of the 'Woman, Life, Freedom' movement sparked by Mahsa Jina Amini's death in custody.
Sahar* was walking down a street in Tehran on a dark night not complying with the mandatory hijab rules when she was suddenly threatened at gunpoint. Since the 1979 revolution, Iran ian women have been legally required to wear the hijab, but in recent years, the crackdown has intensified. "Like many other girls, I didn't like to have a scarf around my neck. Some Basiji people were sitting, and when they saw me, they aimed a laser at me," she told SBS.
" Marzieh Mohebi, an Iranian women's rights activist and former lawyer in exile who provides legal advice to women in Iran, believes that the hijab was only a "symbol of elimination” for protesters like Sahar. "The hijab is not the main issue for Iranian women, but it symbolises their struggle,” Mohebi said. “Symbolically, it was a means to cover all the oppressions that were done to them.
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