Women Protesting Against Wearing The Hijab In Iran Are Facing Up To Ten Years In Jail

Risking jail: Shaparak Shajarizadeh, who was arrested last week, is facing charges of 'inciting corruption and prostitution' for taking off her hijab in public

Daily Mail: Women protesting against wearing the hijab in Iran will be charged with inciting PROSTITUTION and jailed for up to ten years as regime cracks down on growing dissent

* Iranian women removing hijab to be charged with 'inciting prostitution'
* If found guilty they may face a jail sentence of up to ten years
* Women are protesting the compulsory headscarf, which is religious law in Iran
* So far, some 35 women have been arrested in the capital Tehran alone

Iranian women protesting the compulsory headscarf by taking off their hijab in public could be facing up to a decade in jail for 'inciting prostitution', police has warned.

Authorities in Iran are desperately trying to stem the growing protests across the country against the dress code enforced on women since the Islamic revolution of 1979.

More than 35 women have been arrested in the capital Tehran alone in the past two months, with several reportedly subjected to torture while in custody.

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