{"id":329305,"date":"2025-03-08T15:50:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T14:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=329305"},"modified":"2025-03-08T15:50:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T14:50:14","slug":"after-hemmati-and-zarifs-ouster-hijab-law-reignites-irans-political-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iranian-regime-infighting\/after-hemmati-and-zarifs-ouster-hijab-law-reignites-irans-political-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"After Hemmati and Zarif’s Ouster, Hijab Law Reignites Iran\u2019s Political Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Less than 48 hours after the politically charged removals of presidential deputy Mohammad-Javad Zarif and Economy Minister Abdolnaser<\/a> Hemmati, 209 members of the Iranian regime\u2019s parliament signed a letter on March 4, 2025, urging Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf to enforce the controversial mandatory hijab law<\/a> immediately. The lawmakers explicitly referenced the regime’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei\u2019s recent statements, insisting that the law\u2019s enforcement was crucial for maintaining ideological control and regime unity amid escalating internal tensions and public discontent.<\/p>\n

The regime’s president Masoud Pezeshkian opposed<\/a> this demand. On March 7, his deputy, Mohammad-Jafar Qaem-Panah, announced publicly, \u201cThe President clearly emphasized that the hijab law cannot be enforced because it would create problems for the people.\u201d<\/p>\n

This position marked a sharp contradiction, as historically, Pezeshkian himself had been an aggressive advocate for compulsory hijab. In 2014, Pezeshkian proudly admitted<\/a>: \u201cImmediately after the revolution, even before hijab became official law, I personally enforced mandatory hijab in hospitals and universities, coordinating with revolutionary courts and initiating the Cultural Revolution.\u201d His current stance thus appears motivated more by fear of public backlash than ideological transformation.<\/p>\n

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#Iran<\/a>\u2019s Hijab Law Becomes Battleground Amid Regime\u2019s Desperation to Preserve Power https:\/\/t.co\/jdwzS6jcVI<\/a><\/p>\n

— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) December 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n