Other two Iranian actresses stand trial for appearing without a hijab at an event in Tehranas it became known today from the agency Fars.

According to the agency, an investigation has been launched against her. Afsane Baygan And her Fatem Motamentariaafter two film and television actresses “removed their hijabs during the ceremony”. Both were handed over to the prosecutor’s office.

Photos of the two women went viral on social media. The two actors attended an event in honor of their famous Iranian counterpart, Attila Pesiani.

On April 25, the Iranian capital’s police filed an appeal against two other actors, her Katayoun Riahi And her Panthea Bahrambecause they “committed a crime by taking off the hijab in public” and “posting pictures on the Internet”.

The prosecution of the actors began after a new police plan was implemented in mid-April to step up clothing checks.

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The headscarf became mandatory for women after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

In recent months, more and more women have taken to the streets bareheaded, especially since the protest movement that began with the death last September of young Mahshi Amini, who was arrested for wearing a headscarf “incorrectly”.

In mid-April, authorities announced that more than 150 stores were closed within 24 hours because their employees did not wear hijabs.