The Taliban announced Tuesday that all beauty salons in Afghanistan must close. Beauty salons were a last sanctuary for Afghan women, also employing more than 60,000. Women are barred from education after grade school, from public places such as parks and gyms, from working for international aid organizations and now from most forms of employment. They must dress so that only their eyes are revealed and must be accompanied by a male relative if they are traveling more than 48 miles. They are gender prisoners.
The Iranian Islamic Republic doubles down on dress codes. Amnesty International reports that Iran authorities have intensified a crackdown on women violating the Islamic Republic’s strict dress codes. The death of Mahsa Amini, only 22, last September, sparked months of street protests — with many women defying the rules that they must cover their heads. At least 500 protesters have been killed and nearly 20,000 detained. But for a time, Iranian officials had stopped the morality police patrols.
Now they’re doubling down on car and foot patrols to enforce compulsory veiling. Reportedly, more than a million women have received warnings that their vehicles will be confiscated if they travel in a car while unveiled.
The Iranian Islamic Republic doubles down on dress codes. Amnesty International reports that Iran authorities have intensified a crackdown on women violating the Islamic Republic’s strict dress codes. The death of Mahsa Amini, only 22, last September, sparked months of street protests — with many women defying the rules that they must cover their heads. At least 500 protesters have been killed and nearly 20,000 detained. But for a time, Iranian officials had stopped the morality police patrols.
Now they’re doubling down on car and foot patrols to enforce compulsory veiling. Reportedly, more than a million women have received warnings that their vehicles will be confiscated if they travel in a car while unveiled.
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