Iranian protests against compulsory hijab
The
Girls of Enghelab protests () are protests against the
compulsory hijab in Iran, part of the wider Iranian Democracy Movement. The protests were inspired by
Vida Movahed, an Iranian woman known as the
Girl of Enghelab Street (), who stood in the crowd on a utility box on
Enghelab Street (Revolution Street) in
Tehran on 27 December 2017 during the
2017–2018 Iranian protests who tied a white headscarf, to a stick, and waved it to the crowd as a flag. She was arrested on that day and was released temporary on bail a month later, on 28 January 2018. Some people interpreted Movahed's action as being based on
Masih Alinejad's call for
White Wednesdays, a protest movement that the presenter at
VOA Persian Television started in early 2017. Other women later re-enacted her protest and posted photos of their actions on social media. These women are described as the "Girls of Enghelab Street" and the "Girls of Revolution Street" in English sources. Some of the protesters however claim that they were not following Masih Alinejad's call. The
protests intensified in 2022 due to the
death of Mahsa Amini.
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