Iran Second woman arrested in Tehran for hijab protest Woman was detained after standing on telecoms box to raise headscarf on a stick in repeat of protest last month An unidentified woman protests against compulsory hijab rules Photograph: Twitter/@MaajidNawazA second woman has been arrested in Iran for protesting against the country’s compulsory hijab rules after standing on a telecoms box on a Tehran street, taking off her headscarf and holding it aloft on a stick. pic.twitter.com/qSFOZpOkrgA widely shared smartphone image of the first protest showed a young woman standing on a telecoms box on Enghelab Street in the centre of the Iranian capital. Sotoudeh, speaking to the Guardian on the phone from Tehran, said the second woman appeared on the same telecoms box at around 11am local time on Monday for about 10 mins before being arrested by plainclothes officers. Reacting to the new protest, Sotoudeh wrote: “Her message is clear, girls and women are fed up with forced [hijab]. Our body, our choice.”Zahra Safyari, an Iranian woman who voluntarily wears a hijab, tweeted: “I wear the chador.

Source: The Guardian January 29, 2018 13:30 UTC