Women not wearing hijab to be banned from Tehran metro – reports

Iranian state TV shows metro staff stopping women at ticket barriers, effectively barring many from work

Hijab enforcement groups are to be set up on the Tehran metro and women not wearing the hijab will be debarred entry, effectively banning some women from work, Iranian state TV has reported.

The move appears to be part of a pattern of government effort to force Iranian public bodies to take greater responsibility for enforcing the hijab. Many Iranian women, especially in urban centres, have refused to comply with the hijab rules, in a sign that the “women, life, freedom” protests that began in September continue in a more individualised form.