Photographs of Pantea Bahram, 53, went viral after she posed with out a headband. (File)
Tehran:
Iran has charged two outstanding actresses for publishing photos of themselves flouting the nation’s gown code for ladies, simply weeks after saying a crackdown on breaches, native media reported.
Police in Tehran have referred the case towards Katayoun Riahi and Pantea Bahram to Iran’s judiciary, accusing them of “the crime of eradicating the hijab in public and posting pictures on the web”, the Tasnim information company mentioned late Monday.
If prosecuted, the pair may face fines or jail phrases.
Earlier this month police mentioned they’d start utilizing “sensible” expertise in public locations to crack down on girls defying Iran’s obligatory gown code.
Final week, pictures of Bahram, 53, went viral after she posed with out a headband at a movie screening, whereas Riahi, 61, posted a number of pictures taken in public locations round Tehran during which she didn’t put on a headband.
The requirement for ladies to put on the headband in public was imposed shortly after the Islamic revolution of 1979.
The variety of girls in Iran defying the gown code has elevated since a wave of protests following the September 16 loss of life in custody of Kurdish-Iranian Mahsa Amini, 22, for allegedly breaching it.
On April 16, authorities mentioned that they had closed 150 industrial institutions whose staff weren’t complying with the gown code.
Ms Bahram and Ms Riahi have gained a number of awards at Iran’s main cinema occasion, the Fajr Worldwide Movie Pageant.
In November, Ms Riahi was launched on bail after greater than every week’s detention for posting pictures to Instagram in solidarity with the Amini protests, displaying herself with out a headband.
She was the primary Iranian actress to publish such photographs on social media in assist of the protest motion.
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