Tehran: As the protest against hijab intensified, the meeting of the paramilitary officer who came to the school premises for briefing was disrupted by female students waving their hijab and chanting the slogan ‘Go away.’ .A video of the paramilitary group, Basij, chanting ‘Go away, Basij’, has surfaced on social media and online. A video of a man chanting ‘Death to the Dictator’ has been shared on social media, along with a video of an elderly woman clapping her hands and encouraging female students protesting against the hijab through traffic in the western city of Sanandaj, waving their hijabs and chanting ‘Freedom, Freedom, Freedom’.
Iran’s Education Minister Youssef Nouri responded that the country’s enemies are targeting school students and universities. Prosecutor General Muhammad Jafar Montesseri said that the authorities should be ready to deal with young people who have been misled by the Internet.
Meanwhile, Iran’s Human Rights Activists News Agency shared a video of paramilitary forces moving female students protesting against the hijab in Tehran.
The protests that followed Mahsa Amini’s death first erupted in Mahsa Amini’s homeland, northwestern Iran. Then it spread nationwide. Young women were at the forefront of the protest. In recent days, schoolgirls have come together to protest in public places.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reiterated last day that protests and violence against the hijab should be suppressed.
At the same time, the government has killed dozens of people who protested against the hijab, according to figures released by human rights organizations. 83 people were killed in Saheedan, the capital of Sistan Baluchistan alone.