Posted on 01/10/2024 3:05:26 PM PST by nickcarraway
The flogging of an Iranian woman who refused to wear the mandatory hijab has sparked widespread horror and condemnation.
Iranian authorities carried out the sentence against Roya Heshmati last Wednesday, prompting a torrent of outrage on social media.
Mazyar Tataei, Heshmati's lawyer, told local newspaper Shargh that his client was detained at her home in April by so-called morality police, who confiscated her mobile phone and laptop and placed her in detention for 11 days.
He added that initially, Heshmati was sentenced to 13 years and nine months in prison, a 112,500,000 rials fine and 148 lashes, but a review of the verdict brought the penalty down to 12,500,000 rials and 74 lashes.
Heshmati shared the story of her sentence on Instagram, prompting a flood of reactions.
The 23-year-old said that she removed her headscarf upon arriving at court to receive her sentence, throwing aside another that a group of female officers forcibly placed on her head.
In a harrowing story, she said she was eventually handcuffed and forced to wear a headscarf, shackled to a bed in a room that resembled a "gruesome" medieval torture chamber and whipped on her shoulders, back, waist, thighs, calves and buttocks.
Heshmati said she tried not to show pain during the ordeal, whispering the words "In the name of women, in the name of life, the clothes of slavery are torn, our black night will dawn, and all the whips will be axed...", while lashes rained down upon her and the shackles bruised her wrists.
She was subsequently taken before the judge while a female officer ensured her headscarf remained in place. She described her conversation with the judge on Instagram, claiming he told her she could leave the country if she wanted to live differently
"This country belongs to everyone," Heshmati said. "Let the law do its job; we will continue our resistance."
She said that she removed her headscarf upon leaving court.
Mizan News Agency, affiliated with Iran's judiciary system, reported that Heshmati engaged in "behaviours outside the norm".
Additionally, it mentioned that she was "present in a very inappropriate condition on the streets of Tehran".
The term "inappropriate condition" likely refers to an image depicting her walking on the streets of Tehran without a headscarf, wearing a short-sleeved T-shirt and a long skirt.
Following the widespread reactions to the news, characterised as "violence and brutality by the authorities of the Islamic Republic", various figures expressed their condemnation, including artist and politician Zahra Rahnavard, who, along with her husband former Prime Minister Mir Hossein Mousavi, has been under house arrest for years since 2010.
Rahnavard addressed the authorities, stating, "You lash Roya Heshmati, but with her awakened conscience and resilience, she laughs at you. I am disgusted with your governance."
In response to the escalating reactions to her story, Roya Heshmati shared a new post on Instagram, expressing gratitude for the solidarity shown. She said that she did not expect her story to gain such attention.
Hashemi clarified that she shared the story privately on her page, emphasising that she is not a "public figure" and has no interest in changing that status.
As a result, she said she had decided to "voluntarily" deactivate her Facebook and Instagram accounts to avoid controversy.
Tucker’s guys.
Forever mired in islam. (small i to denote disrespect).
islamic TOTALITARIANS do that.
Biden is figuring out how to send the mullah’s more money to put down any rebellion following this sentencing.
Most American ‘feminists’ will stay silent.
Exactly and pro-Palestinians act so self righteous while promoting this culture.
My wife doesn’t like to see women in hijabs. I’ve tried, somewhat successfully, to explain to her that these women might prefer to not wear them but would suffer consequences if they didn’t.
islam is forever mired in the 7th century. To question mohammed is to invite death.
It's cultural so it's ok
Otherwise, there would be furious feminist faux outrage
throughout the USA.
All major religions have promoted head coverings for women in one capacity or another.
I used to be the most anti Muslim, pro War on Terror Bushie boy you could ever meet.
After witnessing the decay of Western culture over the course of my 62 years, I’m starting to think that the Ayatollahs are correct about a lot of things a lot more often than a broken clock is correct about the time.
If I have to choose between a wife in a full burqa or a modern Western woman with a dragon tattoo, blue hair, and a nose ring, I’ll take the former.
A 1950’s housewife would be the perfect happy medium, but at this point, I’m quite open to believing that the Muslim world has a better handle on slippery slopes than Westerners. And when the Messiah finally comes, I doubt that tramp stamps and thong bikinis will be a feature of the 1000 years of peace and harmony.
And this is what muslims want to impose on us.
So what are they going to do about it? It’s been over 40 years, guys.
Jimmy Carters legacy.
A good guy who was a terrible President,
Thank God that lead to Reagan
If Fundamentalist Islam conquers all, the World will go into the Dark Ages for the next couple of hundreds (possibly thousands) of years.
Hopefully someday the women over there won’t have to live in some barbaric conditions. Prayers for that woman.
She took 74 lashes and then immediately took off the head scarf as she left the so-called courthouse? That is one tough lady right there and she has my deepest respect.
Exactly!
I totally agree.
Your feelings are misplaced. God loves the tatted, blue haired woman just as much as he loves you. And while I wouldn’t get tattooed, that’s no reason to think a woman forced to wear a head covering is any more righteous than the blue haired girl. That you think the Ayatollah is right thinking is very disturbing. The fact that he and his system worships a false god, in other words, a demon, precludes any right thinking about an occasional thing (and I can’t think of a one) that you might think of. God gave us free will. The rules HE put in place are righteous, and, as revealed by Jesus, consist of two things -— love the Lord your God with all your heart and mind and soul, and love your neighbor as yourself.
Churchill got it right a loooong time ago..............
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