Roshanak Molaei, 25, posted surveillance video of her harassment by a man on a motorcycle, sparking a chain of events that led to her disappearance into police custody.

Summary

Roshanak Molaei, a 25-year-old Iranian woman, disappeared after being detained by police for defying Iran’s mandatory hijab laws.

Surveillance footage shows Molaei confronting a motorcyclist accused of harassment, and she was later summoned by cyberpolice over her social media post.

Molaei’s arrest has sparked international concern, as her whereabouts and condition remain unknown.

Previously arrested during the 2022 “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests, her case highlights ongoing oppression of women in Iran, despite claims of easing enforcement of hijab laws under President Masoud Pezeshkian.

  • barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
    10·
    8 days ago

    Iran only really fits half into the latter category because the people are vastly more liberal than their government.

    And if you look at polls (can’t find them right now sorry) Iran is actually one of the least Muslim Muslim countries around when you drill down into dogma, e.g. belief in heaven, belief in angels, such things. The average Iranian is about as Muslim in their private faith as someone believing in reincarnation is Christian.

    • LavenderDay3544@lemmy.worldEnglish
      121·
      8 days ago

      Yes but their government is a literal theocracy thus things like this happen. If the country was officially secular then it wouldn’t happen and the few citizens who wanted this kind of stuff would have no say in anyone else’s life and might even be prosecuted if they tried to mess with others.