Cultural Earthquake: Iranian Women Basketball Team Released Photo With No Hijab

Mahsa Amini’s death has infuriated protests across Iran. Women are looking forward to bring revolution through Hijab Protest. Iranians are finding their ways to put a strong opposition against the regime. In a recent event, Iran’s female basketball team posted a picture on social media without their hijabs.

Iran Women Basketball Team Removed Hijab

Iran’s women’s basketball team removed their hijabs and published a picture on Instagram, protesting gender apartheid. The photo was captioned with the slogan, which read- 'Woman Life Freedom'.

Masih Alinejad, an Iranian journalist posting a photo of the team tweeted, "Another cultural earthquake. Iranian female basketball team removed their hijab and posted their unveiled photo on Instagram to protest against the main pillar of a gender apartheid regime. They published the photo with the slogan; Woman Life Freedom."

The death of Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in the custody of the ‘morality police aggravated protest. Amini was arrested for allegedly wearing an improper hijab. Iran’s strict hijab rules have curbed women's rights over their own agency. Hence, thousands of Iranian came to the streets to challenge the Islamic regime. Thereafter in various forms, singers, actors, journalists, and sports players have protested through their work. Many even after taking off their hijab apologised for taking it down. However, were they forced to apologise or did out of free will is unclear. 

Recently, Iranian archer Parida Ghasemi removed her hijab in protest during an awards ceremony in Iran’s capital Tehran. People can be heard clapping at Ghasemi’s actions in a viral video. 

Later in the video on Instagram, the archer said the hijab fell off due to the wind and it was not a sign of protest. She said that have no problem with the hijab. 

Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi competed without a headscarf and was applauded. Later said that she had done so unintentionally and apologised.

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