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Jul 12, 2022, 10 tweets

Iranian women are joining a massive anti-hijab campaign across Iran, shooting videos of themselves defying the Islamic Republic’s #hijab rules in public places.

#No2Hijab
#WalkingUnveiled

This Iranian woman has taken off her hijab while riding her bicycle, which is also unofficially banned by the Islamic Republic.

#No2Hijab
#WalkingUnveiled

“My dear Islamic Republic, I’m commemorating the National Hijab and Decency Day,” an Iranian woman said sarcastically in a video, where she took off her hijab.

#WalkingUnveiled
#No2Hijab

A woman in Iran doing physical exercises in a park without #hijab.

#No2Hijab
#WalkingUnveiled

Iranian women are defying hijab rules as part of a massive campaign while the Islamic Republic marks its Week of Hijab and Decency, holding state-funded events to promote Islamic #hijab.

#حجاب_بی_حجاب
#No2Hijab
#WalkingUnveiled

A woman walking unveiled in Tehran’s Baharestan Street.

#WalkingUnveiled
#No2Hijab

Several women are sending videos of themselves shopping without hijab in Iran.

#WalkingUnveiled
#No2Hijab

An Iranian man films his wife removing her hijab in defiance of the Islamic Republic’s rules.

#No2Hijab
#WalkingUnveiled
#حجاب_بی_حجاب

An Iranian woman #WalkingUnveiled in a shopping center, singing a song that says “I’m opposed to hijab, I no longer want to wear it.”

#No2Hijab
#حجاب_بی_حجاب

The anti-hijab campaign had been promoted by women’s rights and political activists who called for civil disobedience on Tuesday with the hashtag #No2Hijab in response to a government announcement for a day of ‘hijab rallies’ at stadiums and other venues.
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