Turkish songster Melek Mosso joined a legion of women showing their support for theanti-hijab demurrers in Iran. A videotape that has now gone viral on social media shows the artist cutting her hair on stage in solidarity with the protesters in Iran.
Turkish singer @MelekMosso cuts off her hair on stage in solidarity with the Iranian women. Thank you Melek!#MahsaAmini #مهسا_امینی #IranProtests2022 pic.twitter.com/ZjISxjGkAL
— Omid Memarian (@Omid_M) September 27, 2022
The demurrers erupted in Iran after the death of 22- time-old Mahasa Amini, who failed after being in detention by morality police administering strict hijab rules on September 17. Ten days after her death, the demurrers have now spread across at least 46 Iranian metropolises, municipalities and townlets.
A rights group claimed that over 75 people have been killed in the demurrers amid clashes with security forces.
Videotape clips circulating on social media show women protesters cutting their hair and removing their hijab and setting them on fire to protest against the strict dress law executed in the country.
Under Iran’s sharia, or Islamic law, women over the age of seven are obliged to cover their hair and wear long, loose- befitting clothes. A July 5 order by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi to apply the hijab law has redounded in a new list of restrictions on how women can dress. malefactors face public reproach, forfeitures or arrest.
