From an early age, girls are forced to wear headscarves in school and public places. Teenagers and young people in Iran are routinely stopped by the “morality police” responsible primarily for policing people’s appearances and adherence to wearing the hijab.
Iranian women are tied up with rules that take away their right to choose. As girls grow up to become women, they are constently reminded that they are powerless. constantly told that they have to cover up and be invisable for that is what god demads. Religious or not they are left with no choice but to follow rules that oppress them because heavy consequences awaits them if they choose not to.
Videos of schoolgirls across the country protesting against their killing by removing their hijabs and taking down pictures of Iran’s supreme leaders went viral on social media, leading to raids on schools where children were beaten and detained. According to Iran’s teachers union, a 16-year-old girl, Asra Panahi, died after she was attacked by security forces in her classroom in the north-western town of Ardabil. The attacks on children in schools is continuing, while another 16-year-old girl from Kurdistan is on life support after throwing herself from a school van, having been arrested at her school last week. More than 38o protesters have been killed since the protests began and more than 16,000 people have been detained, including children. The figure is disputed by the authorities.