Summary

Iran announced plans to open a “hijab removal treatment clinic” to provide “scientific and psychological treatment” for women defying the country’s mandatory hijab laws, sparking outrage from activists and human rights groups.

Critics, including UK-based Iranian journalist Sima Sabet, condemned the clinic as “chilling” and akin to social exclusion.

Human rights lawyer Hossein Raeesi noted the clinic is unprecedented under both Islamic and Iranian law.

The move follows increased arrests, forced disappearances, and alleged abuses in psychiatric facilities targeting women and protesters in breach of hijab laws.

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    19 days ago

    Deeply disturbing. It’s so easy to forget that this is a picture of Iran in the 1970s.

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    Iran Dictionary (updated)

    Clinic: An establishment or room where women can endure repeated rape and beatings until they agree to wear a hijab.

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      19 days ago

      I would rather blind all male who has a problem seeing a woman. This is the biggest man made crap in this universe. There is a starman waiting in the sky… They just laughing their ass off seeing this madness.

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    19 days ago

    I used to be able to read stories like this and be glad I didn’t live in a country that had nationally state-sponsored things like this.

    I won’t be able to feel that way any more.

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    I just can’t get into the headspace of someone who’s a big enough cunt to think any of this is a good idea. No matter how much slack I try to give conservative nutjobs, no matter how deep into the rabbit hole I imagine going, it’s not just dumb, but obviously dumb.

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    19 days ago

    Why would the #1 backers of Palestine do this?

    I thought that Islam was an open and accepting cult, but now I’m confused because this just seems oppressive and toxic!

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    Did the fuckers who developed Project 2025 copy the Iranians? If not, they will add it.

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      19 days ago

      The leftist that lives rent free in your head probably did, not one leftist in the real world (where there is grass and trees) has said this