News Center- Since the beginning of 2023, Iranian authorities have sealed 50 shops, restaurants and cafes and warned 65 more in the city of Qom for not observing “mandatory dress code”.  

Since the nationwide protests sparked in Rojhelat and Iran following the killing of Jina Mahsa Amini by Iran’s so-called “morality police” on September 16, 2022, many women have refused to wear hijab in public spaces. The Iranian regime has used many methods to suppress the protests and force women to wear hijab.

One of these methods is the sealing of shops, restaurants and cafés for serving women without hijab across the country.