This horrifying incident occurred when a pregnant Iranian woman who wasn’t wearing a headscarf was thrown to the ground while dancing.
A lady wearing a headscarf shoves the pregnant woman to the ground while she is dancing in front of bystanders at a party, leading the victim to land on top of a child who was sitting down.
But in front of a group of astonished spectators, the pregnant woman fights back and slaps the assailant in the face.
The victim is then repeatedly struck by the enraged woman wearing a headscarf, drawing applause from the audience.
After taking three blows, the pregnant woman cries out, “Why are you beating me?”
This horrifying incident occurred when an Iranian woman who was pregnant was pushed to the ground while dancing and without covering her head with a scarf.
On camera, a pregnant lady is seen dancing in front of spectators at a party just before a woman with a headscarf pushes her to the ground, forcing the victim to land on top of a youngster who was seated.
In front of a stunned throng, the pregnant woman fights back and strikes the attacker in the face.
The victim is then repeatedly beaten by the enraged hijabi woman, drawing applause from the audience.
After being struck three times, the pregnant woman yells, “Why are you beating me?”
Alinejad said: ‘Why should this pregnant woman be so brutally attacked by a harassing woman because of the hijab and so many people are just spectators?
‘To remain silent in the face of bullies is not only oppression but also to encourage the oppressor to repeat the bullying.’
In a subsequent tweet, she claimed: “This pregnant woman got beat up by pro-hijab woman for wearing “wrong hijab” & dancing.”
‘In my country Iran the laws allow people to warn women for not following hijab laws. The regime hired 7000 undercover agents only in Tehran to stop unveiled women.’
Iran maintains regulations on what women and girls aged 13 and older can wear in public with an emphasis on “modesty,” similar to many other Middle Eastern countries.
Iranian women are required to cover their arms and legs, wear headscarves, and are prohibited from donning attire that is overly colorful or constricting.
The rules were inspired by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s remarks made after the Islamic Revolution in 1979.
Up to 500,000 rials (£17) in fines and up to two months in jail are possible penalties for breaking the law.
Hassan Rouhani, a former president who won election in 2013 on a platform of more moderation, has previously stated that it is not the responsibility of the police to enforce religious laws, such as those requiring women to cover their hair.
However, in April 2016, authorities claimed that 7,000 undercover morality police were monitoring issues including “poor hijab,” a catch-all word typically used to describe women’s non-Islamic attire.
Additionally, it appears that regulations are being closely adhered to after Rouhani was overthrown earlier this year and hardliner Ebrahim Raisi was elected.
Rights activists feared that Raisi’s victory was intended to signal to the populace that protest would no longer be allowed at the time he took office.
Last week, Iranian authorities arrested the organisers of a skateboarding event in the southern city of Shiraz after video emerged of teenage girls at the event not wearing the hijab.
‘This video demonstrates that, like youth everywhere, Iranian youth want to hang out with their friends and have fun on the weekend,’ said Holly Dagres, nonresident senior fellow at the Washington-based think tank, the Atlantic Council, who has an area focus on Iran.
‘The Islamic Republic is in a real conundrum whereby the geriatric clerics at the top are disconnected from some of the realities on the ground and struggling to reach this young generation of Iranians who see beyond their religious ruse.’
There have been a number of cases of women being beaten for not wearing a hijab in Iran.
In 2019, an Iranian woman was dragged across the street and beaten as the crowd cheered because she was dancing and not wearing a hijab.
The woman was seen standing in the central reservation of a busy road as she is jeered by men in the city of Rasht, on Iran’s Caspian Sea coast.
It is not the responsibility of the police to enforce religious laws, such as those requiring women to cover their hair, according to former president Hassan Rouhani, who was elected in 2013 on a platform of a more moderate attitude.
However, in April 2016, authorities claimed that 7,000 undercover morality police were monitoring issues such as “poor hijab”—a catchall word typically used to describe women’s non-Islamic attire.
And it appears that laws are being followed more rigidly now than they were when Rouhani was overthrown earlier this year and hardliner Ebrahim Raisi was elected.
Rights activists said at the time Raisi assumed power that his election was meant to signal to the populace of Iran that protest would no longer be tolerated.
In a shocking video, which has been circulating on social media, a man stops his car and gets out before hurling abuse at the youngsters.
During the heated exchange on the side of the road in Kermanshah, Iran, he says to the girls ‘I’ll f*** your mother’ and claims their behaviour is ‘immoral’ while a police officer appears to do nothing about the incident.
The video shows, as tensions between the man and the teenagers grow, the man’s wife gets out of the car and says ‘apologise to my husband so he won’t hit you’.
The woman informs them that her husband is from the intelligence services and could get them arrested.
After the man spits in the girls’ faces, another woman wearing a hijab pushes him.
A police car arrives shortly afterwards but the officer watches from afar and the teenagers scream: ‘Officer, why aren’t you doing anything?’