Footage has emerged of the moment a Muslim woman appears to challenge a cleric who ordered her to dress more modestly despite the fact already she’s wearing a veil.

She ends up ripping the veil off her head in anger after the cleric threatened to have her arrested.

He told her ‘Fix your hijab or I’ll get you arrested’ during the incident which is believed to have been shot in Iran.

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Hijabs in Iran have been compulsory for the last 40 years and the woman could face jail for what she did.


Journalist and campaigner Masih Alinejad said: ‘This brave woman challenges a cleric in front of him.

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‘The cleric tells her that she’d get arrested because her hijab is not appropriate. She storms off and completely removes her hijab in front of the cleric while standing her ground.’



There is a growing movement of people in Iran who oppose the laws that make it mandatory for women to wear veils.

Online movement My Stealthy Freedom started the White Wednesday campaign in May last year which encouraged men and women to wear white to show their solidarity.

The cleric remonstrated with the woman, ordering her to ‘fix’ her hijab (Picture: Masih Alinejad)

The woman became angry and went towards the man, refusing to back down (Picture: Masih Alinejad)

She then removed the hijab in protest at what he was telling her to do (Picture: Masih Alinejad)

Masih Alinejad said: ‘This campaign is addressed to women who willingly wear the veil, but who remain opposed to the idea of imposing it on others.

‘Many veiled women in Iran also find the compulsory imposition of the veil to be an insult. By taking videos of themselves wearing white, these women can also show their disagreement with compulsion.’

In June this year, a woman was filmed defying morality police in Iran after she was told to put on a veil.

However, instead of complying with their orders she became angry and tried to kick one of them, accusing them of meddling in everything.

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Iranian law dictates that woman must cover their heads in public.

There have been several recent incidents where women were attacked for not wearing their hijab to the standards deemed proper.

Disturbing footage secretly filmed by an onlooker last month shows an aggressive group, who are believed to be members of the Islamic theocracy’s morality police, become increasingly violent towards a terrified woman.

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The video was uploaded by Facebook group My Stealthy Freedom and has since been spread online by various dissident groups.