Iranian protests against compulsory hijab information
Series of protests in Iran
For the protests after the death of Mahsa Amini, see Mahsa Amini protests.
Iranian protests against compulsory hijab
"Girls of Enghelab" protests Part of the Iranian Democracy Movement
Date
27 December 2017 – present (2017-12-27 – present) (as Mahsa Amini protests) (6 years, 4 months and 3 days)
Location
Iran
Goals
Removal of mandatory hijab law in Iran, enforced since 1979
Methods
Civil disobedience
Nonviolent resistance
Resulted in
Continued rise of Iranian democracy movement
Escalation into Mahsa Amini protests following the death of Mahsa Amini in September 2022
Parties
Iranian protesters
Support:
House of Pahlavi[1][2]
Tudeh Party of Iran[3][4]
Iran
FARAJA
YEGUP
IRGC
Basij
Plainclothes
Morality police
Iranian counter-protesters[5][6]
Lead figures
Reza Pahlavi
Ali Karimi[7][8]
Ali Khamenei
Hassan Rouhani
Ebrahim Raisi
Casualties
Arrested
At least 40[9]
The Girls of Enghelab protests (Persian: دختران انقلاب) are protests against the compulsory hijab in Iran, part of the wider Iranian Democracy Movement. The protests were inspired by Vida Movahed, an Iranian woman known as the Girl of Enghelab Street (Persian: دختر خیابان انقلاب), who stood in the crowd on a utility box on Enghelab Street (Revolution Street) in Tehran on 27 December 2017 during the 2017–2018 Iranian protests who tied a white headscarf, to a stick, and waved it to the crowd as a flag.[10][11][12][13] She was arrested on that day[12][13] and was released temporary on bail[14][15] a month later, on 28 January 2018.[16] Some people interpreted Movahed's action as being based on Masih Alinejad's call for White Wednesdays, a protest movement that the presenter at VOA Persian Television started in early 2017.[17][18][19] Other women later re-enacted her protest and posted photos of their actions on social media. These women are described as the "Girls of Enghelab Street"[18] and the "Girls of Revolution Street"[20] in English sources. Some of the protesters however claim that they were not following Masih Alinejad's call.[21][22][23][24] The protests intensified in 2022 due to the death of Mahsa Amini.
^"His father was toppled in Iran's 1979 revolution. His take on hijab protests". Hindustan Times. AFP. 28 September 2022. Archived from the original on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
^"Farah Pahlavi: '1st time we have seen a movement on such a scale in Iran'". i24news.tv. 28 September 2022.
^Tudeh Party of Iran (27 September 2022). "Tudeh Party condemns murder of Mahsa Amini". Communist Party USA. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
^"Iranian Communists slam Ayatollah Khamenei's claim that protests are orchestrated by US". Morning Star. 3 October 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
^"Pro-government demonstrators take to the streets to show their rejection of Iranian protests". MSN. Archived from the original on 23 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
^"Thousands gather for pro-government rallies in Iran amid mass protests". TRT World. Archived from the original on 23 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
^"Iranian Football Star Calls On Army To Side With People in Protests". Iran International. 22 September 2022. Archived from the original on 25 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
^"IRGC Calls for Footballer Ali Karimi's Arrest Over Support for Protests". Iran Wire. 23 September 2022. Archived from the original on 25 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
^فردا, رادیو (29 October 2018). "دختر معترض به "حجاب اجباری" در میدان انقلاب بازداشت شد" [The protester's daughter was arrested on "Hijab Forced" in Revolution Square]. رادیو فردا. Radio Farda. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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^"In Tehran, New Hijab Protester Led Off By Police". VOA. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
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