TEHRAN: A woman who publicly removed her veil in protest against Iran's compulsory headscarf law has been sentenced to 24 months in prison, three months without parole, the judiciary said Wednesday. The woman "encouraged moral corruption" in public, he said, criticising the light nature of the sentence and saying he would push for the full two-year penalty. More than 30 Iranian women have been arrested since the end of December for publically removing their veils in defiance of the law. Iranian law in place since the Islamic Revolution of 1979 stipulates that all women, Iranian or foreign, Muslim or non-Muslim, must be fully veiled in public at all times. In some areas of the capital, women are regularly seen driving cars with veils draped over their shoulders.

Source: New Strait Times March 08, 2018 03:11 UTC