To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video. Up Next. A courageous Iranian woman snatched off a mullah’s turban to use as a headscarf after he allegedly scolded her for what she was wearing.
Footage circulating on social media shows the altercation at Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran. The unnamed woman is shown shouting at the Muslim cleric, asking him, ‘So you have honour now?’. She then storms off with his turban, draping it over herself as a headscarf.
It is alleged that the cleric had criticised her for not wearing the mandatory head covering, resulting in the altercation. Iranian journalist and activist Masih Alinejad posted the undated video on X, saying: ‘A brave woman at Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport confronted a cleric harassing her for not wearing a hijab.
‘In a bold act of defiance, she removed his turban and wore it like a scarf, turning oppression into resistance. ‘For years, clerics have claimed that their turbans and robes are sacred and untouchable, but this woman’s act of protest shattered that myth.’.
Alinejad also stressed that Iranian women are ‘exhausted and enraged’ by the regime’s gender apartheid. A news agency linked with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) responded on Monday by denying reports that the incident was related to the mandatory hijab laws.
