BRAVE PROTEST
Watch fearless Iranian woman RIP OFF cleric’s turban & use it as a headscarf after he blasted her for not wearing hijab
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THIS is the dramatic moment an Iranian woman snatched a brazen cleric's turban off his head after he blasted her for not wearing a hijab.
The fearless woman then wrapped the turban around her head as a headscarf in a defiant act of protest - before Iran's morality police swooped in to arrest her.
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The fiery confrontation kicked off as the two waited in the lounge of Tehran Mehrabad airport.
The older cleric started screaming at the woman who was searching for her husband in the lounge.
She was wearing a stripey top alongside denim dungarees but notably had no head covering on.
All women in Iran are typically forced to conceal their hair under the regime's rules but a growing number are turning a blind eye to the strict policies.
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After being heavily berated for not wearing a headscarf, the woman snapped.
Footage shows her approaching the man as onlookers begin to look around at the commotion.
In a brave move the woman swiped the turban off the cleric's head and unravelled it in front of his eyes.
The man, left embarrassed as more people started to stare, was forced to just stop and look as the woman used it as a makeshift headscarf.
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Just before putting it on she can be heard shouting: “Oh, Iranian men, I s*** in your honour.
“That’s it, that’s it, I want this ... Where is my husband? Where is my man?”
Iran's violence against women continues under repressive regime
Following the altercation the woman was arrested by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) officers, reports Mashregh News.
They accused her of having “psychological issues” but was later released “with the consent of the complainants”.
The media outlets are known to be positive towards the intelligence organisation.
But the act of defiance was widely celebrated once the clip went viral online.
Some dubbed it “an impactful protest performance” as others noted this treatment is a regular issue women in Iran face.
A user on X said: “God knows how many times each of us reaches this breaking point every day.
"Men can never understand the immense pressure a woman faces and the overwhelming feeling she experiences that leads her to rebel.
"They label you as ‘crazy’, and that’s it.”
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Women are facing tighter restrictions than ever before in Iran as a new bill is set to toughen up regulations governing how they can dress in public.
The bill says that anyone found “naked, semi-naked, or wearing clothing deemed improper in public” can be arrested without question and handed over to the judicial authorities.
People refusing to comply could be banned from leaving Iran or even placed on a social media ban of up to two years.
The law is yet to be passed by Tehran's government but officers are already implementing it, say several woman.
The footage of the woman in the airport appears to be the latest example of Iranian women growing tired of the mandatory hijab laws.
Back in November, a courageous Iranian student stripped to her underwear after she was allegedly assaulted by morality cops over her hijab.
Her clothes and headscarf were both torn during the alleged assault at the Azad University of Science and Research in Tehran, Iran International reports.
Footage shows the woman sat near-nude outside a university before being bundled violently into a car by police.
She was also reportedly accused of being mentally ill and taken to a nearby hospital.
This "headscarf revolution" was all fuelled by the death of Mahsa Amini in 2022.
Amini died in the custody of Tehran's "morality police" after being arrested for violating Iran's hijab rules.
She was beaten to death for wearing an "improper" hijab on September 16.
Women of all ages ripped off their compulsory hijabs at public demonstrations in defiance of the nation’s feared morality police.
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Hundreds of people were killed, including dozens of security personnel, in a brutal crackdown and thousands of protesters were arrested.
Reports of torture and death at the hands of officials have also surfaced.
Iran's Morality Police
UNDER Iranian law, rooted in Sharia law, women must cover their hair with a hijab and wear long, loose-fitting clothing.
The Guidance Patrol - aka the morality police - are in charge of arresting women who violate the conservative dress code.
Tasked with ensuring Islamic morals are respected, they spend their days patrolling public spaces in vans to crack down on "improper" behaviour and clothing.
Women detained by cops are either given a warning or bundled into a van and whisked away to a "correctional facility" or a police station.
They are then lectured on how to dress before being released to their male relatives.
Since the 1980s, many women have been beaten to death by the callous morality police, or tortured into given false confessions.
Various clips this year have shown their increased presence as the country ramps up its violent crackdowns on women.
One disturbing video shows the moment Iran's twisted morality police hurl a woman in the back of one of their patrol vans.
Before this a woman was filmed tackling a girl to the ground and attacking her as she screamed - seemingly because she hadn't covered her hair.
Video has shown the morality police snatching women off the streets and bundling them into vans for wearing jeans in public.
Tehran announced a fresh crackdown on "anomalies" to its religious rules under the "Nour Project" in April.
The Jerusalem Post reports suggest crackdowns on behaviour have been violent.
Sexual harassment, beatings, arrests and the use of tasers have been reported around the country.
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