At least ten videos showing Iranian women remove headscarves in protest of hijab laws have been posted online in the week following April 19 when a video, described as showing a woman being beaten by morality police in a Tehran park went viral.
The April 19 footage was posted amid a wave of videos that showed aggressive confrontations between women who refused to wear headscarves and morality police or intervening civilians, sometimes posted with the hashtag #MyCameraIsMyWeapon.
At least ten videos, a number of which are from Tehran, have been posted online in the week since the video was released as a part of a campaign with My Stealthy Freedom, a group started by Masih Alinejad, an Iranian living in New York.
Videos of Iranians publicly removing or waving hijabs have been posted online daily since late January, when footage of Vida Movahed’s protest against the hijab laws was shared widely. Some of the women talk about confrontations that they had for not covering their heads, some also spoke about support they received from strangers.
Movahed was arrested for the protest and later released. More arrests followed. Credit: My Stealthy Freedom via Storyful
