Women in Iran have been constantly protesting against wearing hijab. Meanwhile, the Iranian state has planned to open a clinic aimed at treating women who violate the compulsory hijab law in public places.

Mehri Talebi Darestani, incharge of the first hijab clinic opened in Tehran, says that this clinic will provide scientific and psychological treatment to those who remove the hijab.

Statement by the incharge of Hijab Clinic

According to a report by The Guardian on Thursday, the establishment of the "hijab removal treatment clinic" was revealed by Mehri Talebi Darestani, head of the women and family department at the Tehran headquarters of the Institute for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. She said the project was designed with a roadmap to promote dignity, modesty, chastity and hijab.

Now Iranian women and human rights groups have expressed anger over this decision (to open hijab removal treatment clinics).

'The idea of ​​a clinic for treatment is scary'

According to a report by The Guardian, UK-based Iranian journalist Sima Sabet called the move "shameful". "The idea of ​​setting up clinics to 'cure' women is terrifying, where people are isolated from society simply for not conforming to the ruling ideology," she said.

Iranian human rights lawyer Hossein Raisi has also criticized the idea, saying that a clinic to treat women who refuse to wear the hijab is neither Islamic nor in line with Iranian law. Raisi further said that it is worrying that the statement came from the Department of Women and Family in Tehran headquarters, which is for the promotion of virtue and prevention of vice. It works under the direct authority of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.