Online Bookstore Faces Lawsuit Over Hijab Removal

The Iranian regime has filed a case against Taqcheh, an online bookstore, after publishing a picture of female employees without hijab.

On Wednesday, Mizan, the Judiciary News Agency, disclosed the initiation of a court case following the circulation of images showing women in the workplace without the mandatory hijab.

Prior to this announcement, Fars News Agency, affiliated with the IRGC, reported the termination of cooperation of some regime-linked publishers with Taqcheh and shared statements from several other publishing houses expressing their intention to disassociate from the platform.

The news comes in the wake of last week’s closure of the office of online retailer Digikala and a lawsuit that was filed against its female employees for publishing photos without hijab.

Despite the government’s repressive measures to force women to wear hijab, defiance remains widespread, with pictures and videos depicting women without mandatory hijab regularly being circulated across the country. Alireza Manzari, former vice president of the Iranian Civil Aviation Organization said that it is also affecting Iran’s international status and lowering transit through airports. “People without hijab do not come to our airports as a transit stop,” he said.

Meanwhile, in Damavand, the Prosecutor Morteza Tahmasbi announced the arrest of a bank manager and employee for providing services to a woman without the obligatory hijab. A judicial order has been issued to identify the woman involved.