Tehran: A bank manager in Iran has been fired for providing banking services to a woman who did not wear a hijab.
The manager of a bank in the province of Qom, near the capital Tehran, is providing banking services to a woman who came without wearing a hijab. As a result, the manager of the company has been dismissed.
This order has been issued by the Governor of Amgamana. The incident has created a strong reaction on Iranian social media. As for Iran, most of the banks there are under government control. The Iranian government has explained that it is important to follow the hijab regulations there.
In Iran, hijab is compulsory for girls as young as 9 years old to the elderly. A special police unit called ‘Kast Ershad’ patrols public places to monitor the way women dress. On September 13, a young woman named Masha Amini (22) from Sahis city, Kurdistan province of Iran, went with her family to visit a relative in the capital, Tehran. At that time, the special force police intercepted Masha and accused her of not wearing hijab properly.
Also, they arrested him and took him away in a van. He was brutally assaulted in police custody and suffered severe head injuries and went into a coma. Then Masha Amini died on September 16. Masha’s death has now caused a great protest in Iran. More than 200 people have been killed in this struggle. Thousands have been arrested.