Roya Heshmati received 74 lashes for her refusal to wear a hijab. The Iranian regime has started to flog women who do not follow the Islamic rule of covering their hair.
What a way to start a new year. As Iranian women are fighting to be treated as human beings, the Iranian government is moving backward to intimidate women and shut down the movement for human rights.
Large-scale protests erupted in 2022 across Iran in response to the death of a 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman named Mahsa Amini. She was arrested by the morality police for not properly covering her head in public in September 2022 and died in jail after being beaten. The “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement continues today.
Roya Heshmati is a vocal critic of the demand that women follow the Islamic rule. She received 74 lashes after refusing to obey the Iranian officials. Another Iranian woman, Zeynab (Bahar)…
