Impact of Iranian Hijab Laws on Women's Rights- The tragedy of Mahsa Amini
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” – Martin Luther King Jr Recently, we have heard about a 22-year-old woman who has died in an Iranian hospital days after being detained by the regime’s morality police for allegedly not complying with the country’s hijab regulations. Now, the questions which arise here are firstly, what are these hijab regulations surpasses the human rights of an individual? Secondly, is authority or government, in this case ‘Morality Police’ are legally as well as morally correct in taking such actions? This case of an Iranian woman tragically losing her life allegedly due to a confrontation with the morality police over the country's mandatory hijab law sheds light on a deeply complex and controversial issue. If we trace about the history of Iran, it has been found that Iran's dress code regulations, specifically those concerning the hijab, have ...