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. Tehran?s chief prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi, who announced the sentence, did not give the woman?s identity but said she intended to appeal the verdict, the judiciary?s Mizan Online news agency reported. 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.
03-09-2018, 06:34 PM
Iran woman jailed for removing veil
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