Iran summons news agency editor over photos of woman without hijab
Women walk on the streets of Tehran as the country's morality police resume hijab patrols in Iran on July 18. PHOTO/COURTESY: CNN
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Wearing the headscarf in public has been mandatory for women since shortly after the Islamic revolution in 1979, in what was long seen as an ideological pillar of the clerical leadership.
The Iranian judiciary's Mizan Online website said IRNA's editor-in-chief "was summoned to the culture and media prosecutor's office to provide explanations" after the publication "of images showing a woman without observing the Islamic laws and regulations of the country".
It added that "the outlet was also warned to remove the material".
A US-based rights group said IRNA published the photo report on Tuesday and removed the images from its website just a few hours later.
The Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) added that the report showed a woman without the compulsory hijab while at home tending to a baby.
"Marzieh Mousavi, the photographer of the project, emphasised on her Instagram page that the main focus of the story was not... clothing or appearance, but rather the story of temporarily caring for an abandoned newborn," it said.
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