A group of Iranian woman were angrily confronted by a man on a bus who demanded they put on hijabs and cover their heads.

The women were not using the traditional head dress which strict Iranian laws dictate they must wear.

Women face jail for breaking the rules, but growing numbers are openly flaunting the law in protest with footage of their defiance sweeping social media.

Footage of the latest confrontation between female rights activists and angry traditionalists was posted online yesterday. The clip showed an angry male bus passenger berating two uncovered women for not wearing the ultra-conservative garment.

The male passenger accused the women on a bus of 'being naked' and demanded they put on hijabs or he would call the police

Activists and TV journalist, Masih Alinejad, posted the video on Twitter to highlight the hostility towards women who ditch the veil in Iran.

She wrote alongside the footage: 'Another verbal altercation in Iran between a rude man and a group of brave women.

'On a bus trip, the man calls these women "naked" for not wearing hijab. Watch how they bravely stand their ground. Women in Iran are openly challenging their oppressors.'

‏In the one-minute clip the man accused the women of 'getting naked' and called them 'rude' for arguing back.

The man said: 'You're the only women getting naked here. You're rude put your hijab on. Why are you naked?'

A woman in the clip replied: 'Because we like it it's our own choice. I want to be like this, you are the one who is rude.

As the confrontation continued the angry man pointed his finger at the women and called them 'rude' for arguing back

When the women refused to cover their heads the male passenger threaten to call the authorities

'Why would our appearance concern you? I want to be unveiled like this. Hijab is a personal affair.'

Sitting in the seat in front of the angry man as he shouted at the women who filmed him on a mobile phone, were two other women wearing black hijabs.

He then threatened to call the police and tip off the authorities that the women were not abiding by the law.

The man said: 'I'll call the authorities, they'll know what to do with you. I'll make these women pay for being naked. I'll call the police.'

But the woman stood her ground and replied: 'Call whomever you want. I'm here. Go call them, go right ahead.'

During the argument the man said 'these women have no families' and another male passenger told him 'enough'

The male passenger then added, 'these women have no families', to which the women said, 'if you brag about having a family why are you staring at others?'.

At this point another male passenger intervened at the end of the clip by saying, 'hey man, enough'.

Last month Iranian police drove a van into a woman protesting against being forced to wear a hijab at university.

The shocking footage from Sohanak University, east of the capital Tehran, showed the van pushing a standing protester down a road for around 50 yards.

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

Shaparak Shajarizadeh was arrested in February after she was filmed standing on a traffic island in the Iranian capital Tehran, while waving her headscarf around on the end of a stick.